diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 113c7e7bab9..77e5701071b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: 'recursive'
       - id: envs
+        env:
+          GITHUB_EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
+          HAS_RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_LABEL: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-very-expensive-tests') }}
         run: |
-          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" && "${{ github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name }}" == *"run-very-expensive-tests"* ]]; then
+          if [[ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" = "pull_request" && "${HAS_RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_LABEL}" = "true" ]]; then
             echo "run_very_expensive_tests=1" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          elif [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "schedule"; then
+          elif [[ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" = "schedule" ]]; then
             echo "run_very_expensive_tests=1" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "run_very_expensive_tests=0" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT