diff --git a/.github/workflows/compliance_check.yml b/.github/workflows/compliance_check.yml
index f662dfd707..57b528c94d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compliance_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compliance_check.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         path: compliance-report-${{ github.ref_name }}.md
         if-no-files-found: error
     - name: send_compliance_slack_notification
-      if: always()
+      if: ${{ always() }}
       run: |
         if [ "$COMPLIANCE_OUTCOME" == "success" ]; then
             STATUS="✅ Scheduled compliance check passed for $COMPLIANCE_TAG"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c705a7279b..90c13e820c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ jobs:
         path: compliance-report-${{ github.ref_name }}.md
         if-no-files-found: error
     - name: send_compliance_slack_notification
-      if: always()
+      if: ${{ always() }}
       run: |
         if [ "$COMPLIANCE_OUTCOME" == "success" ]; then
             STATUS="✅ Compliance check passed for $COMPLIANCE_TAG"
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ jobs:
         if-no-files-found: error
         overwrite: true
     - name: send_compliance_slack_notification
-      if: failure() || needs.compliance_check.outputs.outcome != 'success'
+      if: ${{ failure() || needs.compliance_check.outputs.outcome != 'success' }}
       run: |
         if [ "$COMPLIANCE_OUTCOME" == "success" ]; then
             STATUS="✅ Compliance check passed for $COMPLIANCE_TAG"
diff --git a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/release.rs b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/release.rs
index 045960de57..c7db50bf6f 100644
--- a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/release.rs
+++ b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/release.rs
@@ -254,11 +254,11 @@ pub(crate) fn add_compliance_steps(
             ComplianceContext::Release {
                 non_blocking_outcome,
             } => Expression::new(format!(
-                "failure() || {prior_outcome} != 'success'",
+                "${{{{ failure() || {prior_outcome} != 'success' }}}}",
                 prior_outcome = non_blocking_outcome.expr()
             )),
             ComplianceContext::Scheduled { .. } | ComplianceContext::ReleaseNonBlocking => {
-                Expression::new("always()")
+                Expression::new("${{ always() }}")
             }
         })
         .add_env(("SLACK_WEBHOOK", vars::SLACK_WEBHOOK_WORKFLOW_FAILURES))