diff --git a/.github/workflows/needs-sme-stale-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/needs-sme-stale-check.yaml
index f4faca3e40a3..b76eac82717b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/needs-sme-stale-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/needs-sme-stale-check.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   stale_needs-sme:
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs'' }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps: