diff --git a/bitbucket-pipelines.yml b/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
index cee2945..d5e7ab1 100644
--- a/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
+++ b/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
@@ -217,13 +217,13 @@ pipelines:
               TARGET_BRANCH="${BITBUCKET_PR_DESTINATION_BRANCH}"
               # Gate: feature branches can only target dev
               ALLOWED="dev"
-              echo "Source: ${SOURCE_BRANCH}"
-              echo "Target: ${TARGET_BRANCH} (allowed: ${ALLOWED})"
+              echo "Source: $SOURCE_BRANCH"
+              echo "Target: $TARGET_BRANCH (allowed: $ALLOWED)"
               IFS=',' read -ra targets <<< "$ALLOWED"
               for t in "${targets[@]}"; do
                 [ "${TARGET_BRANCH}" = "$t" ] && exit 0
               done
-              echo "BLOCKED: target must be one of: ${ALLOWED}"; exit 1
+              echo "BLOCKED: target must be one of: $ALLOWED"; exit 1
       - step: *ai-code-review
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ pipelines:
               TARGET_BRANCH="${BITBUCKET_PR_DESTINATION_BRANCH}"
               # Gate: dev can only be promoted to stg
               ALLOWED="stg"
-              echo "Source: ${SOURCE_BRANCH}"
-              echo "Target: ${TARGET_BRANCH} (allowed: ${ALLOWED})"
+              echo "Source: $SOURCE_BRANCH"
+              echo "Target: $TARGET_BRANCH (allowed: $ALLOWED)"
               IFS=',' read -ra targets <<< "$ALLOWED"
               for t in "${targets[@]}"; do
                 [ "${TARGET_BRANCH}" = "$t" ] && exit 0