diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 70ec13d1..de24e95c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         # the secret will not be present on any PRs from forks, so this stops
         # the job from exploding
-        - COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN }}'
+        COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN }}'
       run: |
         poetry run make setup
         poetry run pytest --workers=auto