diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 74229ef60..f8da8c7b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
           pipenv --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} run pytest -ra
       -
         name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        if: matrix.python-version == ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.python-version == env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           # not required for public repos, but intermittently fails otherwise