diff --git a/metagpt/roles/engineer.py b/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
index 19f523877..bb29db30a 100644
--- a/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
+++ b/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Engineer(Role):
     @classmethod
     def parse_workspace(cls, system_design_msg: Message) -> str:
         if system_design_msg.instruct_content:
-            return system_design_msg.instruct_content.dict().get("Python package name")
+            return system_design_msg.instruct_content.dict().get("Python package name").strip().strip("'").strip("\"")
         return CodeParser.parse_str(block="Python package name", text=system_design_msg.content)
 
     def get_workspace(self) -> Path: