diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index badcd3af2dd..d27fac0e039 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
           # We need to specify the PR on which to make the comment as workflow is triggered by push.
           number: ${{ fromJSON(needs.release-please.outputs.release-pr).number }}
           # delete the comment in case failures have been fixed
-          delete: ${{ !env.FAIL }}
+          delete: ${{ env.FAIL == false }}
           message: "The release workflow has not completed successfully. Releasing now will result in a broken release"
 
       - name: Report overall success