diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-featurebranch.yml b/.github/workflows/close-featurebranch.yml
index 20bf2af5d3..e805cff0e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-featurebranch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-featurebranch.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     if: |
-      (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'feature-branch') ||
-       contains(github.event.changes.labels.removed.*.name, 'feature-branch'))
+      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'feature-branch') ||
+      github.event.label.name == 'feature-branch'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3