diff --git a/.github/workflows/vtest.yml b/.github/workflows/vtest.yml
index 6113e4a3c..6b8eb80a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vtest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vtest.yml
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::Languages=none -o Acquire::Translation=none
         sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends -y install \
-          ${{ contains(matrix.FLAGS, 'USE_LUA=1')     && 'liblua5.4-dev'  || '' }} \
-          ${{ contains(matrix.FLAGS, 'USE_PCRE2=1')   && 'libpcre2-dev'   || '' }} \
-          ${{ contains(matrix.ssl,   'BORINGSSL=yes') && 'ninja-build'    || '' }} \
+          ${{ case(contains(matrix.FLAGS, 'USE_LUA=1'), 'liblua5.4-dev', '') }} \
+          ${{ case(contains(matrix.FLAGS, 'USE_PCRE2=1'), 'libpcre2-dev', '') }} \
+          ${{ case(contains(matrix.ssl, 'BORINGSSL=yes'), 'ninja-build', '') }} \
           socat \
           gdb \
           jose