diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index dd73fc23c5..e38416eb10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -203,6 +203,5 @@ jobs:
           echo "jobs info: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
       - if: contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')
         run: exit 1
-      - if: contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
-        name: cancelling
-        uses: andymckay/cancel-action@0.2
+      - if: contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') && needs.pre_job.outputs.should_skip != 'true'
+        run: exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix.yml b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
index 09d297d3a9..f6f05afc15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,5 @@ jobs:
           echo "jobs info: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
       - if: contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')
         run: exit 1
-      - if: contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
-        name: cancelling
-        uses: andymckay/cancel-action@0.2
+      - if: contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') && needs.pre_job.outputs.should_skip != 'true'
+        run: exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index cb6384b51b..78658238bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -261,6 +261,5 @@ jobs:
           echo "jobs info: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
       - if: contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')
         run: exit 1
-      - if: contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
-        name: cancelling
-        uses: andymckay/cancel-action@0.2
+      - if: contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') && needs.pre_job.outputs.should_skip != 'true'
+        run: exit 1