diff --git a/eng/testing/AppleRunnerTemplate.sh b/eng/testing/AppleRunnerTemplate.sh
index 8f66672f739e66..e3f82159daf792 100644
--- a/eng/testing/AppleRunnerTemplate.sh
+++ b/eng/testing/AppleRunnerTemplate.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [ -n "$6" ]; then
     ADDITIONAL_ARGS=${@:6}
 fi
 
-if [[ "$CONFIGURATION" != "Debug" ]]; then $CONFIGURATION="Release"; fi
+if [[ "$CONFIGURATION" != "Debug" ]]; then CONFIGURATION="Release"; fi
 
 if [[ "$TARGET_OS" == "maccatalyst" ]]; then TARGET=maccatalyst; fi