diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/monitoring/grafana-operator/templates/grafana-dashboard.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/monitoring/grafana-operator/templates/grafana-dashboard.yaml
index 89fe6aeea..6c075819d 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/monitoring/grafana-operator/templates/grafana-dashboard.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/monitoring/grafana-operator/templates/grafana-dashboard.yaml
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ spec:
               "expr": "gitea_issues_by_repository",
               "format": "time_series",
               "instant": false,
-              "legendFormat": "{{repository}}",
+              "legendFormat": "{{`{{repository}}`}}",
               "range": true,
               "refId": "A"
             }