diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml
index d69055f05..0f7b35dab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   # we want to publish on "push to master" only. When we don't want to publish, we want to upload artefacts
-  SHOULD_PUBLISH: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'master' }}
+  SHOULD_PUBLISH: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
 jobs:
   build_linux:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         # we want this to run only when on "push" to "master"
         if: ${{ env.SHOULD_PUBLISH == 'true' }}
         run: |
-          sed -i 's/\"target\": \\[\"deb\"\\]/\"target\": \"${{ matrix.pkg_to_build }}\"/g' package.json; yarn build-release-publish
+          sed -i 's/"target": \["deb"\]/"target": "${{ matrix.pkg_to_build }}"/g' package.json && yarn build-release-publish
 
   build_windows:
     runs-on: windows-2022