diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
index bcb816375..48ebe007c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ jobs:
           GITEA_URL: ${{ secrets.REPO_URL }}
           HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ steps.commit-push.outputs.HEAD_BRANCH }}
         run: |
-          apt install jq
-
           API_ENDPOINT="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${{ gitea.repository_owner }}/${{ gitea.repository_name }}/pulls"
 
           PAYLOAD=$( jq -n \
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
             --arg base "${BASE_BRANCH}" \
             --arg title "Automated Manifest Update: $(date +%F)" \
             --arg body "This PR contains newly rendered Kubernetes manifests automatically generated by the CI workflow" \
-            '{head: $head, base: $base, title: $title}, body: $body' )
+            '{head: $head, base: $base, title: $title, body: $body'} )
 
           echo ">> Creating PR from branch: ${HEAD_BRANCH} into ${BASE_BRANCH}"
           echo ">> With Payload of:"