diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-reply-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-reply-pr.yml
index d7826b6..ffc1681 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-reply-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-reply-pr.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "::set-output name=message::${reply_messages[$random_index]}"
 
       - name: Reply to issue using GitHub CLI
-        if: "!contains(['YoavBZ', 'asaf'], github.event.pull_request.user.login)"
+        if: !contains(fromJson('["YoavBZ", "asaf"]'), github.event.pull_request.user.login )
         run: |
           gh pr comment ${{ github.event.number }} --body "${{ steps.choose_message.outputs.message }}"
         env: