diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/handy-update.yml b/.gitea/workflows/handy-update.yml
index e2c1b68..f28377a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/handy-update.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/handy-update.yml
@@ -113,19 +113,13 @@ jobs:
           created="false"
           for head in "${branch}" "thomas:${branch}"; do
             echo "Trying head=${head}"
+            payload=$(printf '{"title":"update handy to %s","head":"%s","base":"main","body":"automated update of handy appimage version and hash"}' \
+              "${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}" "$head")
             response=$(curl -sS -w '\n%{http_code}' -X POST \
               -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
               "${api}/pulls" \
-              -d "$(cat <<JSON
-            {
-              "title": "update handy to ${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}",
-              "head": "${head}",
-              "base": "main",
-              "body": "automated update of handy appimage version and hash"
-            }
-            JSON
-            )")
+              -d "$payload")
 
             body=$(printf '%s\n' "$response" | sed '$d')
             code=$(printf '%s\n' "$response" | tail -n1)
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/helium-update.yml b/.gitea/workflows/helium-update.yml
index 1a60ba7..2078aac 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/helium-update.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/helium-update.yml
@@ -114,19 +114,13 @@ jobs:
           created="false"
           for head in "${branch}" "thomas:${branch}"; do
             echo "Trying head=${head}"
+            payload=$(printf '{"title":"update helium to %s","head":"%s","base":"main","body":"automated update of helium appimage version and hash"}' \
+              "${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}" "$head")
             response=$(curl -sS -w '\n%{http_code}' -X POST \
               -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
               "${api}/pulls" \
-              -d "$(cat <<JSON
-            {
-              "title": "update helium to ${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}",
-              "head": "${head}",
-              "base": "main",
-              "body": "automated update of helium appimage version and hash"
-            }
-            JSON
-            )")
+              -d "$payload")
 
             body=$(printf '%s\n' "$response" | sed '$d')
             code=$(printf '%s\n' "$response" | tail -n1)
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/zen-browser-update.yml b/.gitea/workflows/zen-browser-update.yml
index 14749c4..0e86af6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/zen-browser-update.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/zen-browser-update.yml
@@ -112,19 +112,13 @@ jobs:
           created="false"
           for head in "${branch}" "thomas:${branch}"; do
             echo "Trying head=${head}"
+            payload=$(printf '{"title":"update zen browser to %s","head":"%s","base":"main","body":"automated update of zen browser appimage version and hash"}' \
+              "${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}" "$head")
             response=$(curl -sS -w '\n%{http_code}' -X POST \
               -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
               "${api}/pulls" \
-              -d "$(cat <<JSON
-            {
-              "title": "update zen browser to ${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}",
-              "head": "${head}",
-              "base": "main",
-              "body": "automated update of zen browser appimage version and hash"
-            }
-            JSON
-            )")
+              -d "$payload")
 
             body=$(printf '%s\n' "$response" | sed '$d')
             code=$(printf '%s\n' "$response" | tail -n1)