diff --git a/.github/workflows/comment-and-close.yml b/.github/workflows/comment-and-close.yml
index 25e527b5..bf42f27c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/comment-and-close.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/comment-and-close.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ on:
 jobs:
     comment-and-close:
         uses: dhis2/workflows-platform/.github/workflows/comment-and-close.yml@v1
-        if: !contains(github.event.issues.sender.login , fromJson('["dhis2-bot", "kodiakhq", "dependabot"]'))
+        if: '!contains(github.event.issues.sender.login , fromJson(\'["dhis2-bot", "kodiakhq", "dependabot"]\'))'