diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index a6cf6848cf..92fdc7e71f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: fail if conditional jobs failed
-        if: contains(fromJSON('["failure", "skipped", "cancelled"]'), needs.*.result)
+        if: contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'skipped') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
         run: exit 1