diff --git a/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/registry.yml b/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/registry.yml
index c65dcf90b..4fa2715b1 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/registry.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/registry.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: container registry authentication
-  command: '{{ container_binary }} login -u {{ ceph_docker_registry_username }} -p {{ ceph_docker_registry_password }} {{ ceph_docker_registry }}'
+  command: '{{ container_binary }} login -u {{ ceph_docker_registry_username }} -p {{ ceph_docker_registry_password | quote }} {{ ceph_docker_registry }}'
   changed_when: false
   no_log: true
   environment: