diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ef89618b5..5d0f90251 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ jobs:
   release:
     # Require smoketest-native so that if those fail, we don't release broken artifacts
     needs: [build-photonlib-vendorjson, build-image, combine, build-package-linux, build-package-macos, build-package-windows, run-smoketest-native]
-    if: github.ref == ('refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')) && github.repository == 'PhotonVision/photonvision'
+    if: (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')) && github.repository == 'PhotonVision/photonvision'
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       # Download all fat JARs