diff --git a/sky/cli.py b/sky/cli.py
index 1fcb9786f17..191e56cd910 100644
--- a/sky/cli.py
+++ b/sky/cli.py
@@ -1063,10 +1063,7 @@ def _make_task_or_dag_from_entrypoint_with_overrides(
 
     # Spot launch specific.
     if spot_recovery is not None:
-        if spot_recovery.lower() == 'none':
-            override_params['spot_recovery'] = None
-        else:
-            override_params['spot_recovery'] = spot_recovery
+        override_params['spot_recovery'] = spot_recovery
 
     assert len(task.resources) == 1
     old_resources = list(task.resources)[0]
diff --git a/sky/resources.py b/sky/resources.py
index c36fee9d9b7..e50bac16c90 100644
--- a/sky/resources.py
+++ b/sky/resources.py
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ def __init__(
         self._use_spot = use_spot if use_spot is not None else False
         self._spot_recovery = None
         if spot_recovery is not None:
-            self._spot_recovery = spot_recovery.upper()
+            if spot_recovery.strip().lower() != 'none':
+                self._spot_recovery = spot_recovery.upper()
 
         if disk_size is not None:
             if round(disk_size) != disk_size: