ci(release-please): fix conditional that checks if releases were crea…

…ted (#9686)

## Summary

Fix a bug in release-please-action v4 that changes how the
`releases_created`
[output](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action?tab=readme-ov-file#outputs)
needs to be checked in conditionals.

ref: googleapis/release-please-action#912

.github/workflows/deploy-latest.yml

@@ -46,19 +46,19 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_TOKEN }}
           target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+        if: steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true'
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_TOKEN }}
       - name: Setup Node
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+        if: steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true'
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version-file: package.json
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
       - name: Build Packages and Publish to NPM
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+        if: steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true'
         env:
           RELEASED_PATHS: ${{ toJSON(steps.release.outputs.paths_released) }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}