diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
index a3ea68380f9..1d7b58820b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           OUTPUT_FILE: ./output.txt
           USE_TEE: false
-          CL_DATABASE_URL: ${{ env.DB_URL }}
+          CL_DATABASE_URL: ${{ env.DB_URL }}  
         run: ./tools/bin/${{ matrix.type.cmd }} ./...
       - name: Print Filtered Test Results
         if: ${{ failure() && matrix.type.cmd == 'go_core_tests' && needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
             ./coverage.txt
             ./postgres_logs.txt
       - name: Notify Slack
-        if: ${{ failure() && steps.print-races.outputs.post_to_slack == 'true' && matrix.type.cmd == 'go_core_race_tests' && (github.event_name == 'merge_group' || github.base_ref == 'develop') && needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ failure() && steps.print-races.outputs.post_to_slack == 'true' && matrix.type.cmd == 'go_core_race_tests' && (github.event_name == 'merge_group' || github.event.branch == 'develop') &&  needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@6c661ce58804a1a20f6dc5fbee7f0381b469e001 # v1.25.0
         env:
           SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.QA_SLACK_API_KEY }}