diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index bcadc15..49bf119 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ runs:
     - run
     - --forge=github
     - --branch=${{ inputs.branch }}
-    - --extra-files=${{ inputs.extra-files }}
+    - --extra-files="${{ inputs.extra-files }}"
   env:
-    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
+    GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ inputs.token }}"
     GITHUB_USER: "oauth2"
diff --git a/cmd/rp/cmd/run.go b/cmd/rp/cmd/run.go
index 8fe818f..c29047b 100644
--- a/cmd/rp/cmd/run.go
+++ b/cmd/rp/cmd/run.go
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 }
 
 func parseExtraFiles(input string) []string {
+	// We quote the arg to avoid issues with the expected newlines in the value.
+	// Need to remove those quotes before parsing the data
+	input = strings.Trim(input, `"`)
+	// In some situations we get a "\n" sequence, where we actually expect new lines,
+	// replace the two characters with an actual new line
+	input = strings.ReplaceAll(input, `\n`, "\n")
 	lines := strings.Split(input, "\n")
 
 	extraFiles := make([]string, 0, len(lines))
diff --git a/cmd/rp/cmd/run_test.go b/cmd/rp/cmd/run_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4cea7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/rp/cmd/run_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func Test_parseExtraFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+		want  []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "empty",
+			input: ``,
+			want:  []string{},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "empty quoted",
+			input: `""`,
+			want:  []string{},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "single",
+			input: `foo.txt`,
+			want:  []string{"foo.txt"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "single quoted",
+			input: `"foo.txt"`,
+			want:  []string{"foo.txt"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple",
+			input: `foo.txt
+dir/Chart.yaml`,
+			want: []string{"foo.txt", "dir/Chart.yaml"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple quoted",
+			input: `"foo.txt
+dir/Chart.yaml"`,
+			want: []string{"foo.txt", "dir/Chart.yaml"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "multiple with broken new lines",
+			input: `"action.yml\ntemplates/run.yml\n"`,
+			want:  []string{"action.yml", "templates/run.yml"},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := parseExtraFiles(tt.input)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/templates/run.yml b/templates/run.yml
index e1d16a5..27ca27d 100644
--- a/templates/run.yml
+++ b/templates/run.yml
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ releaser-pleaser:
       rp run \
         --forge=gitlab \
         --branch=$[[ inputs.branch ]] \
-        --extra-files=$[[ inputs.extra-files ]]
+        --extra-files="$[[ inputs.extra-files ]]"