diff --git a/toolkits/jira/arcade_jira/utils.py b/toolkits/jira/arcade_jira/utils.py
index 9faf0ac8..9c8a8233 100644
--- a/toolkits/jira/arcade_jira/utils.py
+++ b/toolkits/jira/arcade_jira/utils.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ def is_valid_date_string(date_string: str) -> bool:
 
 
 def quote(v: str) -> str:
-    return f'"{v.replace('"', '\\"')}"'
+    quoted = v.replace('"', '\\"')
+    return f'"{quoted}"'
 
 
 def build_search_issues_jql(
diff --git a/toolkits/jira/pyproject.toml b/toolkits/jira/pyproject.toml
index 88c62e21..5319ccf2 100644
--- a/toolkits/jira/pyproject.toml
+++ b/toolkits/jira/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "arcade_jira"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Arcade tools designed for LLMs to interact with Atlassian Jira"
 authors = ["Arcade <dev@arcade.dev>"]