diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c1213ca06c080be8fb1f8e84c730e28a2dbe7479..f0c6ad80b37e4c01a175600d3e4aed3d4c5f09cc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -193,4 +193,4 @@ no_deploy_wolf_ros_node:
     - echo "NOT deploying CI for wolf_ros_node, since DEPLOY_CI_ROS is $DEPLOY_CI_ROS"
   except:
     variables:
-      - $DEPLOY_CI_ROS
+      - $DEPLOY_CI_ROS == "true"