diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c352e951..334168f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-on-failure: true
 
       - name: install dependencies (Linux only)
-        if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-22.04' # This must match the platform value defined above.
+        if: startsWith(matrix.platform, 'ubuntu-') # This matches any Ubuntu platform
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf