diff --git a/test/rekt/features/trigger/feature.go b/test/rekt/features/trigger/feature.go
index 3fab9d37940..219e48535ce 100644
--- a/test/rekt/features/trigger/feature.go
+++ b/test/rekt/features/trigger/feature.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TriggerDependencyAnnotation() *feature.Feature {
 	f.Setup("broker is addressable", broker.IsAddressable(brokerName))
 
 	psourcename := "test-ping-source-annotation"
-	dependencyAnnotation := `'{"kind":"PingSource","name":"test-ping-source-annotation","apiVersion":"sources.knative.dev/v1"}'`
+	dependencyAnnotation := `{"kind":"PingSource","name":"test-ping-source-annotation","apiVersion":"sources.knative.dev/v1"}`
 	annotations := map[string]interface{}{
 		"knative.dev/dependency": dependencyAnnotation,
 	}
diff --git a/test/rekt/resources/trigger/trigger.yaml b/test/rekt/resources/trigger/trigger.yaml
index 4521988db44..77d02ad1907 100644
--- a/test/rekt/resources/trigger/trigger.yaml
+++ b/test/rekt/resources/trigger/trigger.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ metadata:
   {{ if .annotations }}
   annotations:
   {{ range $key, $value := .annotations }}
-    {{ $key }}: {{ $value }}
+    {{ $key }}: '{{ $value }}'
   {{ end }}
   {{ end }}
 spec: