diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml b/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml
index 84dc1a052a26..8587e855e8db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd vendor/postgres-v"${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}"/src/test/regress
           for fname in sql/*.sql expected/*.out; do
-          sed -i.bak s/NEON_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER/"'::add-mask:${{ steps.pwgen.outputs.DBPASS }}'"/ "${fname}"
+          sed -i.bak s/NEON_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER/"'${{ steps.pwgen.outputs.DBPASS }}'"/ "${fname}"
           done
           for ph in $(grep NEON_MD5_PLACEHOLDER expected/password.out | awk '{print $3;}' | sort | uniq); do
           USER=$(echo "${ph}" | cut -c 22-)
-          MD5=md5$(echo -n ::add-mask::"${{ steps.pwgen.outputs.DBPASS }}${USER}" | md5sum | awk '{print $1;}')
-          sed -i.bak "s/${ph}/::add-mask::${MD5}/" expected/password.out
+          MD5=md5$(echo -n "${{ steps.pwgen.outputs.DBPASS }}${USER}" | md5sum | awk '{print $1;}')
+          sed -i.bak "s/${ph}/${MD5}/" expected/password.out
           done
 
       - name: Download Neon artifact