diff --git a/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code.ts b/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code.ts
index a6bbb204..b25aa5a3 100644
--- a/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code.ts
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ export function renderPacRepositoryDesiredFragment(targetId: string): string {
       labels: {
         "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "unidesk",
         "app.kubernetes.io/part-of": "pipelines-as-code",
-        "unidesk.ai/spec": pac.metadata.spec,
+        "unidesk.ai/spec": kubernetesLabelValue(pac.metadata.spec),
       },
     },
     spec: {