diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 13862be..2f162b8 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ runs:
       run: |
         tar \
           --dereference --hard-dereference \
-          --directory ${{ inputs.path }} \
-          -cvf ${{ runner.temp }}/artifact.tar \
+          --directory "$INPUT_PATH" \
+          -cvf "$RUNNER_TEMP/artifact.tar" \
           --exclude=.git \
           --exclude=.github \
           .
+      env:
+        INPUT_PATH: ${{ inputs.path }}
 
     # Switch to gtar (GNU tar instead of bsdtar which is the default in the MacOS runners so we can use --hard-dereference)
     - name: Archive artifact
@@ -32,11 +34,13 @@ runs:
       run: |
         gtar \
           --dereference --hard-dereference \
-          --directory ${{ inputs.path }} \
-          -cvf ${{ runner.temp }}/artifact.tar \
+          --directory "$INPUT_PATH" \
+          -cvf "$RUNNER_TEMP/artifact.tar" \
           --exclude=.git \
           --exclude=.github \
           .
+      env:
+        INPUT_PATH: ${{ inputs.path }}
 
     # Massage the paths for Windows only
     - name: Archive artifact
@@ -45,12 +49,14 @@ runs:
       run: |
         tar \
           --dereference --hard-dereference \
-          --directory "${{ inputs.path }}" \
-          -cvf "${{ runner.temp }}\artifact.tar" \
+          --directory "$INPUT_PATH" \
+          -cvf "$RUNNER_TEMP\artifact.tar" \
           --exclude=.git \
           --exclude=.github \
           --force-local \
           "."
+      env:
+        INPUT_PATH: ${{ inputs.path }}
 
     - name: Upload artifact
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@main