diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index e0041d892..386801556 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           sphinx-build -b html docs/ docs/_build/html --keep-going -w warnings.txt
 
       - name: Check that there are no unexpected Sphinx warnings
-        if: matrix.python-version == "3.10"
+        if: matrix.python-version == '3.10'
         run: python tests/check_warnings.py
 
       - name: Run the tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index aa01651f0..6fa7f1fa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Build package
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip build