diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml b/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
index b8ada747..0ea8e65a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           read -r line < ./open-vsx.org/Dockerfile
           version="${line:19}"
-          echo "version='${line:19}'" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "version=${line:19}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Wait 10 minutes for deployment
         # run: sleep 10m
         run: sleep 30s
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "read version: ${{ steps.read_version.outputs.version }}"
           echo "is_version=${{ steps.running_version.outputs.status == 200 && fromJson(steps.running_version.outputs.response).version == steps.read_version.outputs.version }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Run Playwright tests
-        if: steps.check_version.outputs.is_version
+        if: steps.check_version.outputs.is_version == true
         working-directory: ./openvsx/webui
         run: yarn smoke-tests
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: steps.check_version.outputs.is_version
+        if: steps.check_version.outputs.is_version == true
         with:
           name: playwright-report
           path: openvsx/webui/playwright-report/