diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
index 572362af5..a464d215e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ jobs:
           cat response_errors.txt
           echo "----"
 
-          if [ "$HTTP_STATUS" == "200" ] && [$(cat response_body.json | jq -r .state) == "open"]; then
+          if [ "$HTTP_STATUS" == "200" ] && [ "$(cat response_body.json | jq -r .state)" == "open" ]; then
             echo ">> Pull Request has been found open, will update"
             PR_INDEX=$(cat response_body.json | jq -r .number)
             echo "pull-request-exists=${PR_INDEX}" >> $GITEA_OUTPUT