diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yaml b/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
index fe937e55..ee0563bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ defaults:
 jobs:
   test:
     if: >
-      ! contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[ci skip]') >
+      ! contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[ci skip]')
       && (matrix.python-version != '3.11-dev' || github.event_name == 'schedule')
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.11-dev' }}