diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-bert-deepsparse-tf-onnxruntime-pytorch.yml b/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-bert-deepsparse-tf-onnxruntime-pytorch.yml
index bec131ac9..e5717862d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-bert-deepsparse-tf-onnxruntime-pytorch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-bert-deepsparse-tf-onnxruntime-pytorch.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ jobs:
           # AES-256 encrypt
           encrypted=$(echo "${{ steps.op-load-secret.outputs.pat }}" | \
             openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
-            -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64)
+            -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64 -A)
+
           echo "encrypted_secret=$encrypted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           
   build:
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
         # Decrypt
         decrypted=$(echo "$encrypted_secret" | \
           openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
-          -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64)
+          -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64 -A)
           
         echo "::add-mask::$decrypted"
         echo "DECRYPTED_SECRET=$decrypted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-mlcommons-cpp-resnet50.yml b/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-mlcommons-cpp-resnet50.yml
index ebfdc6863..db5e4d719 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-mlcommons-cpp-resnet50.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-mlcommons-cpp-resnet50.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ jobs:
           # AES-256 encrypt
           encrypted=$(echo "${{ steps.op-load-secret.outputs.pat }}" | \
             openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
-            -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64)
+            -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64 -A)
+
           echo "encrypted_secret=$encrypted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           
   build:
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
         # Decrypt
         decrypted=$(echo "$encrypted_secret" | \
           openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
-          -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64)
+          -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64 -A)
           
         echo "::add-mask::$decrypted"
         echo "DECRYPTED_SECRET=$decrypted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-resnet50-closed-division.yml b/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-resnet50-closed-division.yml
index fcc33736e..f7afd28c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-resnet50-closed-division.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-resnet50-closed-division.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ jobs:
           # AES-256 encrypt
           encrypted=$(echo "${{ steps.op-load-secret.outputs.pat }}" | \
             openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
-            -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64)
+            -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64 -A)
+            
           echo "encrypted_secret=$encrypted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   build:
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
         # Decrypt
         decrypted=$(echo "$encrypted_secret" | \
           openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
-          -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64)
+          -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64 -A)
           
         echo "::add-mask::$decrypted"
         echo "DECRYPTED_SECRET=$decrypted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-resnet50.yml b/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-resnet50.yml
index fc727062f..a99acc106 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-resnet50.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-resnet50.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ jobs:
           # AES-256 encrypt
           encrypted=$(echo "${{ steps.op-load-secret.outputs.pat }}" | \
             openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
-            -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64)
+            -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64 -A)
+
           echo "encrypted_secret=$encrypted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   mlc-run-with-results-upload:
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
         # Decrypt
         decrypted=$(echo "$encrypted_secret" | \
           openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
-          -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64)
+          -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64 -A)
           
         echo "::add-mask::$decrypted"
         echo "DECRYPTED_SECRET=$decrypted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-retinanet.yml b/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-retinanet.yml
index b6136a7ce..93cec255c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-retinanet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-mlperf-inference-retinanet.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ jobs:
           # AES-256 encrypt
           encrypted=$(echo "${{ steps.op-load-secret.outputs.pat }}" | \
             openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
-            -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64)
+            -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64 -A)
+
           echo "encrypted_secret=$encrypted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           
   mlc-run:
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
         # Decrypt
         decrypted=$(echo "$encrypted_secret" | \
           openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
-          -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64)
+          -pass pass:"$ENCRYPTION_KEY" -base64 -A)
           
         echo "::add-mask::$decrypted"
         echo "DECRYPTED_SECRET=$decrypted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT