diff --git a/.docker/docker-compose-testing.yml b/.docker/docker-compose-testing.yml
index c28375c66e0..0b9984fd6e1 100755
--- a/.docker/docker-compose-testing.yml
+++ b/.docker/docker-compose-testing.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ services:
     image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
     environment:
       ACCEPT_EULA: Y
-      SA_PASSWORD: '<YourStrong!Passw0rd>'
+      SA_PASSWORD: <YourStrong!Passw0rd>
 
   qgis-deps:
     tty: true