diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index a8974c2c..737bbe7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
           uv pip install coverage coveralls
       - name: Install nomad
-        if: "${{ matrix.python_version != '3.8'}"
+        if: "${{ matrix.python_version != '3.8'}}"
         run: |
           uv pip install nomad-lab[infrastructure]@git+https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/nomad-lab/nomad-FAIR.git
       - name: Install package