diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-test.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-test.yml
index 71ac32f96..a23603326 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-test.yml
@@ -241,27 +241,33 @@ jobs:
           WP_E2E_WP_CONTAINER: ${{ job.services.wordpress.id }}
           WP_E2E_MULTISITE_MODE: ${{ inputs.multisite }}
           PLAYWRIGHT_PROJECTS: ${{ inputs.project-name }}
+          PLAYWRIGHT_SUFFIX: ${{ inputs.project-name }}${{ inputs.multisite && '-multisite' || '' }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           mkdir -p test-results/ci
-          suffix="${{ inputs.project-name }}${{ inputs.multisite && '-multisite' || '' }}"
+          suffix="$PLAYWRIGHT_SUFFIX"
           : > "test-results/ci/playwright-${suffix}.log"
           # One --project flag per name, so several projects can be listed in the input.
           # The names arrive through the environment rather than being pasted into
-          # the script, so no input value is ever interpreted as shell.
+          # the script, and are split into an array without pathname expansion, so
+          # no input value is ever interpreted as shell or as a glob.
+          read -ra projects <<< "$PLAYWRIGHT_PROJECTS"
           project_args=()
-          for project in $PLAYWRIGHT_PROJECTS; do
+          for project in "${projects[@]}"; do
             project_args+=(--project "$project")
           done
           npm run test:playwright -- "${project_args[@]}" 2>&1 | tee -a "test-results/ci/playwright-${suffix}.log"
 
       - name: Normalize Playwright report filenames
         if: always()
+        env:
+          PLAYWRIGHT_SUFFIX: ${{ inputs.project-name }}${{ inputs.multisite && '-multisite' || '' }}
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           mkdir -p test-results/ci
-          suffix="${{ inputs.project-name }}${{ inputs.multisite && '-multisite' || '' }}"
+          suffix="$PLAYWRIGHT_SUFFIX"
 
           if [ -f test-results/results.xml ]; then
             mv test-results/results.xml "test-results/ci/results-${suffix}.xml"