diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-to-merge-queue.yml b/.github/workflows/add-to-merge-queue.yml
index 8c6cc378b095..3cbd6949f1e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/add-to-merge-queue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/add-to-merge-queue.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ jobs:
       Add to Merge Queue if the PR is labelled with any of the automerge labels
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if:
-      ${{ contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'status:\ ready to merge
-      🎉') || contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'status:\ enable
-      automerge 🟠')}}
+      "${{ contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'status: ready to merge
+      🎉') || contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'status: enable
+      automerge 🟠')}}"
     steps:
       - name: 'Add the PR to the merge queue via the GitHub CLI'
         run: gh pr merge