diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 441e56c5..0468c4f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ contains(github.event_name, 'pull_request') && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.sha }}-${{ inputs.package }}-${{ inputs.deploy-to }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  TEST_RUN : ${{ inputs.deploy-to == 'test' && 'true' || 'false' }}
+
 jobs:
   bump-version-generate-changelog:
     name: Bump package version, Generate changelog
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
 
     with:
       version_number: ${{ inputs.version_number }}
-      test_run: ${{ inputs.test_run }}
+      test_run: ${{ env.TEST_RUN }}
       nightly_release: ${{ inputs.nightly_release }}
 
     secrets: inherit
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         version_number: ${{ inputs.version_number }}
         changelog_path: ${{ needs.bump-version-generate-changelog.outputs.changelog_path }}
-        test_run:  ${{ inputs.test_run }}
+        test_run:  ${{ env.TEST_RUN }}
 
     pypi-release:
       name: Publish to PyPI