diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 1c03cdee9..2600b3fb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
         id: cypress
         # If CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY is set, run in parallel on all containers
         # Otherwise (e.g. if running from fork), we run on a single container only
-        if: ${{ env.shouldRunParallel || ( matrix.containers == 1 ) }}
+        if: ${{ env.shouldRunParallel == 'true' || ( matrix.containers == 1 ) }}
         with:
           install: false
           start: pnpm run dev:coverage
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ jobs:
           browser: chrome
           # Disable recording if we don't have an API key
           # e.g. if this action was run from a fork
-          record: ${{ env.shouldRunParallel }}
-          parallel: ${{ env.shouldRunParallel }}
+          record: ${{ env.shouldRunParallel == 'true' }}
+          parallel: ${{ env.shouldRunParallel == 'true' }}
         env:
           CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY }}
           VITEST_COVERAGE: true
           CYPRESS_COMMIT: ${{ github.sha }}
           ARGOS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ARGOS_TOKEN }}
-          ARGOS_PARALLEL: ${{ env.shouldRunParallel }}
+          ARGOS_PARALLEL: ${{ env.shouldRunParallel == 'true' }}
           ARGOS_PARALLEL_TOTAL: 4
           ARGOS_PARALLEL_INDEX: ${{ matrix.containers }}