diff --git a/.github/workflows/valgrind.yml b/.github/workflows/valgrind.yml
index 8ed1f67c..8cd21262 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/valgrind.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/valgrind.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       # Do not valgrind when there's nothing new to valgrind in the repo
       - name: Check if there was any commits within the last 24 hours
         run: |
-          if git log --oneline --since="1 minutes ago" --name-only --pretty=format: | grep -q '.'; then
+          if git log --oneline --since="24 hours ago" --name-only --pretty=format: | grep -q '.'; then
             echo "recent_commits=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           else
             echo "No commits, will not run valgrind"