diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/values.yaml
index c0693f170..4eb0aa1cc 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/values.yaml
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ backup:
               echo ">> Backups prior to '$DATE_RANGE' will be removed"
               echo ">> Backups to be removed:"
               s3cmd ls ${BUCKET}/cl01tl/ |
-                awk file_match="$FILE_MATCH" '$4 < file_match {print $4}'
+                awk -v file_match="$FILE_MATCH" '$4 < file_match {print $4}'
               echo ">> Deleting ..."
               s3cmd ls ${BUCKET}/cl01tl/ |
-                awk file_match="$FILE_MATCH" '$4 < file_match {print $4}' |
+                awk -v file_match="$FILE_MATCH" '$4 < file_match {print $4}' |
                 while read file; do
                   s3cmd del "$file";
                 done;