diff --git a/docs/.gitlab-ci.yaml b/docs/.gitlab-ci.yaml
index 8ba8ca32b59608f5221ca2dee6e08481cbd50ea9..f0c8f9e999a819959dc1f40cbd75696f4f654e00 100644
--- a/docs/.gitlab-ci.yaml
+++ b/docs/.gitlab-ci.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ build-docs:
   script:
     - mdbook build docs -d public
   rules:
-    - if: '$FORCE_DOCS_BUILD == true'
+    - if: '$FORCE_DOCS_BUILD == "true"'
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"'
       changes:
         paths:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ upload-docs:
   script:
     - mc cp public gitops-docs
   rules:
-    - if: '$FORCE_DOCS_BUILD == true'
+    - if: '$FORCE_DOCS_BUILD == "true"'
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"'
       changes:
         paths: