diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index 44535e58448..7742d7ce96a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Enter alpha prerelease mode
         # If .changeset/pre.json does not exist and we did not recently exit
         # prerelease mode, enter prerelease mode with tag alpha
-        if: ${{ steps.check_files.outputs.files_exists == 'false' && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Exit prerelease')}}
+        if: steps.check_files.outputs.files_exists == 'false' && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Exit prerelease')
         run: npx changeset pre enter alpha
 
       - name: Create alpha release PR
@@ -61,9 +61,12 @@ jobs:
         id: changesets
         # Only run publish if we're still in pre mode and the last commit was
         # via an automatically created Version Packages PR
-        if: ${{ steps.check_files.outputs.files_exists == 'true' && startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Version Packages')}} }}
+        if: steps.check_files.outputs.files_exists == 'true' && startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Version Packages')
         run: npm run changeset-publish
 
+      - name: Echo Changesets outcome
+        run: echo "${{ steps.changesets.outcome == 'success' }} ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true' }}"
+
       - name: Send a Slack notification on publish
         if: steps.changesets.outcome == 'success' && steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true'
         id: slack