diff --git a/templates/apply.yml b/templates/apply.yml
index fd3ac478afdaea9d73baf158545eaf42dc09adc9..f4a2e3402e210c0e27b18af48e64eed8301e26f6 100644
--- a/templates/apply.yml
+++ b/templates/apply.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ spec:
     action: start
   resource_group: $TF_STATE_NAME
   rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && "$[[ inputs.auto_apply ]]" == "true"'
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && "$[[ inputs.auto_apply ]]" == "true"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
       when: manual
   cache: