diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-cd.yml
index 500df47bf3..141d3c9c98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-cd.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 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: