diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/tofu-plan-k8s-wheatley.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/tofu-plan-k8s-wheatley.yaml
index 7cb44e9..581da73 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/tofu-plan-k8s-wheatley.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/tofu-plan-k8s-wheatley.yaml
@@ -90,16 +90,18 @@ jobs:
 
             </details>
         run: |
+          payload=$(jq -Rs --arg body "$COMMENT_BODY" '{body: $body}' <<< "$COMMENT_BODY")
+
           if [ -n "${{ steps.fetch.outputs.comment_id }}" ] && [ "${{ steps.fetch.outputs.comment_id }}" != "null" ]; then
             curl -s -X PATCH \
               -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_TOKEN }}" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
               "${{ forge.api_url }}/repos/${{ forge.repository }}/issues/comments/${{ steps.fetch.outputs.comment_id }}" \
-              -d "{\"body\":\"$COMMENT_BODY\"}"
+              -d "$payload"
           else
             curl -s -X POST \
               -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_TOKEN }}" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
               "${{ forge.api_url }}/repos/${{ forge.repository }}/issues/$PR_NUMBER/comments" \
-              -d "{\"body\":\"$COMMENT_BODY\"}"
+              -d "$payload"
           fi