diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
index 0e6242abc..ad0041600 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           name: all-dist-${{ github.run_id }}
           path: dist/
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        if: inputs.dry_run == 'false'
+        if: startsWith(inputs.dry_run, 'false')
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 
   post-publish: