diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger-dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger-dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml
index 413b03e6e2..a37c00ca75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trigger-dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger-dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Trigger Dependabot Auto Merge Forward
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - [5-9]+.[5-9]+.x
+      - '[5-9]+.[5-9]+.x'
 
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