diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index 1d4804f..2c6db03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
     tags:
-      - [ 0-9 ]{ 8 }  # match version tags with format like 20220319
+      - "[0-9]{8}"  # match version tags with format like 20220319
   pull_request: # run on pr's against master
     branches:
       - master