diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index 854b3ed0c..74f1d8ce0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ jobs:
         # target-specific options
         # * CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION
         CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--all-features' ;  ## default to '--all-features' for code coverage
-        if [ -n "${{ matrix.job.features }}" ]; then CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--features "${{ matrix.job.features }}"' ; fi
+        if [ -n "${{ matrix.job.features }}" ]; then CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--features=${{ matrix.job.features }}' ; fi
         outputs CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION
         # * CODECOV_FLAGS
         CODECOV_FLAGS=$( echo "${{ matrix.job.os }}" | sed 's/[^[:alnum:]]/_/g' )