diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/java-cd.yml
index 6ae296ffe9..ac8e771025 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-cd.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
     start-self-hosted-runner:
-        if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login }} == 'valkey-io'
+        if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login == 'valkey-io'
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         environment: AWS_ACTIONS
         steps:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
     create-binaries-to-publish:
         needs: start-self-hosted-runner
-        if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login }} == 'valkey-io'
+        if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login == 'valkey-io'
         timeout-minutes: 35
         env:
             JAVA_VERSION: '11'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-cd.yml
index 3f6e637f98..280552fd83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-cd.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
     start-self-hosted-runner:
-        if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login }} == 'valkey-io'
+        if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login == 'valkey-io'
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         environment: AWS_ACTIONS
         steps:
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
 
     publish-binaries:
         needs: [start-self-hosted-runner, load-platform-matrix]
-        if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login }} == 'valkey-io'
+        if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login == 'valkey-io'
         name: Publish packages to NPM
         runs-on: ${{ matrix.build.RUNNER }}
         container: