diff --git a/.github/workflows/caches_cron_job.yml b/.github/workflows/caches_cron_job.yml
index 8cb373d73b..4e42318421 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/caches_cron_job.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/caches_cron_job.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get the HEAD hash (SHA) of the ephy_testing_data repo 
         id: repo_hash
         run: |
-          echo "dataset_hash=${{(git ls-remote https://gin.g-node.org/NeuralEnsemble/ephy_testing_data.git HEAD | cut -f1)}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "dataset_hash=${{git ls-remote https://gin.g-node.org/NeuralEnsemble/ephy_testing_data.git HEAD | cut -f1}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - uses: actions/cache@v3
         id: cache-datasets
         with: