diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index be308674bc..1c1f6c0429 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Deploy version vars
         id: create_tags
         run: |
-          if [[ "${{ github.ref}}" -eq "release" ]]; then
+          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" -eq "release" ]]; then
             case "${RELEASE_TAG_NAME_INPUT:0:1}" in
               v)
                 echo "RELEASE_NAME=${RELEASE_TAG_NAME_INPUT:1}" >> $GITHUB_ENV