diff --git a/tools/benchcomp/benchcomp/visualizers/__init__.py b/tools/benchcomp/benchcomp/visualizers/__init__.py
index 0215ebd02bdc..8de4a9f130b6 100644
--- a/tools/benchcomp/benchcomp/visualizers/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/benchcomp/benchcomp/visualizers/__init__.py
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ def _get_template():
             %%{init: { "quadrantChart": { "titlePadding": 15, "xAxisLabelPadding": 20, "yAxisLabelPadding": 20, "quadrantLabelFontSize": 0, "pointRadius": 2, "pointLabelFontSize": 2 }, "themeVariables": { "quadrant1Fill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant2Fill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant3Fill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant4Fill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant1TextFill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant2TextFill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant3TextFill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant4TextFill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrantInternalBorderStrokeFill": "#FFFFFF" } } }%%
             quadrantChart
                 title {{ metric }}
-                x-axis {{ d["scaled_variants"][metric][0] }}
-                y-axis {{ d["scaled_variants"][metric][1] }}
+                x-axis "{{ d["scaled_variants"][metric][0] }}"
+                y-axis "{{ d["scaled_variants"][metric][1] }}"
                 quadrant-1 1
                 quadrant-2 2
                 quadrant-3 3
diff --git a/tools/benchcomp/test/test_regression.py b/tools/benchcomp/test/test_regression.py
index 54cf134eed79..c277797162e0 100644
--- a/tools/benchcomp/test/test_regression.py
+++ b/tools/benchcomp/test/test_regression.py
@@ -466,8 +466,8 @@ def test_markdown_results_table(self):
                     %%{init: { "quadrantChart": { "titlePadding": 15, "xAxisLabelPadding": 20, "yAxisLabelPadding": 20, "quadrantLabelFontSize": 0, "pointRadius": 2, "pointLabelFontSize": 2 }, "themeVariables": { "quadrant1Fill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant2Fill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant3Fill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant4Fill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant1TextFill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant2TextFill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant3TextFill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrant4TextFill": "#FFFFFF", "quadrantInternalBorderStrokeFill": "#FFFFFF" } } }%%
                     quadrantChart
                         title runtime
-                        x-axis variant_1
-                        y-axis variant_2
+                        x-axis "variant_1"
+                        y-axis "variant_2"
                         quadrant-1 1
                         quadrant-2 2
                         quadrant-3 3