diff --git a/.github/workflows/periodic-audit.yaml b/.github/workflows/periodic-audit.yaml
index daecb4bf4..7ad64fbff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/periodic-audit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/periodic-audit.yaml
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ jobs:
         id: cargo-audit
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          AUDIT_OUTPUT=$(cargo audit)
-          echo $AUDIT_OUTPUT
-          echo "results=$AUDIT_OUTPUT" >> GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          cargo audit > audit_output.txt
+          cat audit_output.txt
+          RESULTS=$(cat audit_output.txt)
+          echo "results=$RESULTS" >> GITHUB_OUTPUT
 #          audit_output=$(cargo audit)
 #          echo "trimmed_results=audit_output" >> GITHUB_OUTPUT