diff --git a/.github/workflows/node-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/node-windows.yml
index 934baa0cfb3..c1eec78ba49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node-windows.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
     - name: Check npm version
       # This is only necessary until we dump Node 6
-      run: IF ${{ matrix.node }} LSS 8 npm i npm@5 -g
+      run: IF (${{ matrix.node }} < 8) npm i npm@5 -g
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
     - name: Run tests