diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 92db8ec..86b91dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
 
   deployment:
     needs: [linting, unit_tests]
-    if: "contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[deploy]')"
+    if: contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[deploy]')
     name: "Deploy (Terraform -> AWS)"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs: