diff --git a/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml b/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml
index 1b8b63671e57e1982b75fb8fb907e09a6965c5ee..382b9975436e6979e5ad123e8132613eabec4c73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ jobs:
               if: steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type != 'null'
               run: |
                   CURRENT_VERSION='python setup.py --version'
-                  if steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type == 'major'; then
+                  if "${{ steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type }}" == 'major'; then
                     NEW_VERSION=`IFS='.' read -ra SPLITVER <<< "$VERSION"; echo $(("${SPLITVER[0]}"+1))."${SPLITVER[1]}"."${SPLITVER[2]}";`
-                  elif steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type == 'minor'; then
+                  elif "${{ steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type }}" == 'minor'; then
                     NEW_VERSION=`IFS='.' read -ra SPLITVER <<< "$VERSION"; echo "${SPLITVER[0]}".$(("${SPLITVER[1]}"+1))."${SPLITVER[2]}";`
-                  elif steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type == 'patch'; then
+                  elif "${{ steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type }}" == 'patch'; then
                     NEW_VERSION=`IFS='.' read -ra SPLITVER <<< "$VERSION"; echo "${SPLITVER[0]}"."${SPLITVER[1]}".$(("${SPLITVER[2]}"+1));`
                   fi  
                   echo "::set-output name=new-version::$NEW_VERSION"