diff --git a/.github/workflows/promote.yml b/.github/workflows/promote.yml
index d44768b644..c985dbff4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/promote.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/promote.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build collection and publish to galaxy
         run: |
           COLLECTION_TEMPLATE_VERSION=true COLLECTION_NAMESPACE=${{ env.collection_namespace }} make build_collection
-          if [ `curl --head -sw '%{http_code}' https://galaxy.ansible.com/download/${{ env.collection_namespace }}-awx-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.tar.gz | tail -1` == "302" ] ; then \
+          if [ "$(curl --head -sw '%{http_code}' https://galaxy.ansible.com/download/${{ env.collection_namespace }}-awx-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.tar.gz | tail -1)" == "302" ] ; then \
               echo "Galaxy release already done"; \
           else \
               ansible-galaxy collection publish \