diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-release-please.yml
index 844b3bd..92e357c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-release-please.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   github-releaseplease:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env: 
-      major_and_minor_tags: ${{ inputs.major_and_minor_tags }} 
+      major_and_minor_tags: ${{ inputs.major_and_minor_tags || true }} 
     permissions:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ jobs:
           release-type: terraform-module
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: tag major and minor versions
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created == 'true' && env.major_and_minor_tags }}
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created == 'true' && env.major_and_minor_tags == 'true' }}
         run: |
-          git config user.name github-actions[bot]
-          git config user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
-          git remote add gh-token "https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/googleapis/release-please-action.git"
-          git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
-          git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
-          git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
-          git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
-          git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}"
-          git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}"
-          git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}
-          git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}
+            git config user.name github-actions[bot]
+            git config user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+            git remote add gh-token "https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/googleapis/release-please-action.git"
+            git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
+            git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
+            git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
+            git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
+            git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}"
+            git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}"
+            git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}
+            git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}