diff --git a/.github/workflows/dailies.yml b/.github/workflows/dailies.yml
index a4b42517c..9af7f93fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dailies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dailies.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ jobs:
 
   notify:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [run-daily-tests, run-daily-doc-link-checks]
-    if: ${{ always() && contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+    needs: [run-daily-tests, run-daily-doc-link-checks, test-dandi-latest, test-dandi-dev, test-dandi-dev-live]
+    if: failure()
     steps:
     - uses: dawidd6/action-send-mail@v3
       with: