diff --git a/npm/npm-get-next-branched-version/action.yaml b/npm/npm-get-next-branched-version/action.yaml
index 3e8a5e8..22cc880 100644
--- a/npm/npm-get-next-branched-version/action.yaml
+++ b/npm/npm-get-next-branched-version/action.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ runs:
   - name: "If no version is found, get the latest version for the package if we didn't already look for it."
     uses: act/common/gitea/gitea-query-package-versions-latest@master
     id: giteaFallback
-    if: steps.gitea.outputs.version == '' && inputs.prerelease != 'false'
+    if: (!steps.gitea.outputs.version) && inputs.prerelease != 'false'
     with:
       name: ${{ inputs.name }}
       url: ${{ inputs.url }}
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ runs:
       filterIsExpression: "true"
       prerelease: "false"
   - name: "Debug - Fallback query results"
-    if: steps.gitea.outputs.version == '' && inputs.prerelease != 'false'
+    if: (!steps.gitea.outputs.version) && inputs.prerelease != 'false'
     run: |
       echo "Fallback filter: '^${{ steps.base.outputs.majorMinorPatchVersion }}'"
       echo "Fallback found version: '${{ steps.giteaFallback.outputs.version }}'"