diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ec130f78b9..c31e6f2e7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Dump context
         run: echo '${{ toJSON(github) }}'
       - name: test-conditional
-        if: github.head.repo.fork == false
-        run: echo "I'm a fork!"
+        if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
+        run: echo "I'm not a fork!"
   # build-distribution:
   #   name: Build catalystcoop.pudl distribution for PyPI
   #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest