diff --git a/.github/workflows/cdkactions_validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/cdkactions_validate.yaml
index 73834d77..e2ab7de0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cdkactions_validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cdkactions_validate.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           git --no-pager diff ../workflows
           git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- ../workflows
       - name: Push updated manifests
-        if: "false"
+        if: failure()
         run: |-
           cd .github/workflows
           git config user.name github-actions