diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-api-changes.yml b/.github/workflows/check-api-changes.yml
index aad786ba..e0badd0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-api-changes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-api-changes.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: gradle
       - name: Run API versioning check
         run: |
-          if test -d .changes && git diff --quiet HEAD^..HEAD .changes ; then ./gradlew warnVersionBump ; else exit 0 ; fi
+          if ! test -d .changes || ! git diff --quiet HEAD^..HEAD .changes ; then ./gradlew warnVersionBump ; else exit 0 ; fi
       - name : Log errors
         if: failure()
         run: |