diff --git a/templates/tests/cypress-test-nc-oo.yaml b/templates/tests/cypress-test-nc-oo.yaml
index b74d25abfd449901460d7e0da1c4886dfaab4e52..4fb3463c65823331a1cfefea0fe7e13978676996 100644
--- a/templates/tests/cypress-test-nc-oo.yaml
+++ b/templates/tests/cypress-test-nc-oo.yaml
@@ -62,11 +62,17 @@ spec:
         {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.tests.cypress.commitInfo.message }}
         - name: COMMIT_INFO_MESSAGE
-          value: "{{ .Values.tests.cypress.commitInfo.message }}"
+          # Use yaml literal style, so we can have quotes in the string.
+          # Newlines might not be safe to include, but unlike the name suggests
+          # in Stackspin we set this value to only the commit title.
+          value: |
+            {{ .Values.tests.cypress.commitInfo.message }}
         {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.tests.cypress.commitInfo.author }}
         - name: COMMIT_INFO_AUTHOR
-          value: "{{ .Values.tests.cypress.commitInfo.author }}"
+          # Use yaml literal style, so we can have quotes in the string.
+          value: |
+            {{ .Values.tests.cypress.commitInfo.author }}
         {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.tests.cypress.commitInfo.sha }}
         - name: COMMIT_INFO_SHA