diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml
index afd86ca98c213..c0b97439737ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: pytest-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}
         path: junit/test-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}.xml
-      # Use always() to always run this step to publish test results when there are test failures
-      if: always()
+      if: failure()
 
     - name: Statistics
       if: success()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml
index 7fc4de8ddbfd3..d64fedbfbe590 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml
@@ -50,5 +50,4 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: pytest-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}
         path: junit/test-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}.xml
-      # Use always() to always run this step to publish test results when there are test failures
-      if: always()
+      if: failure()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
index 1a2115a40fcfd..b87a1d8557843 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: pytest-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}
         path: junit/test-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}.xml
-      # Use always() to always run this step to publish test results when there are test failures
-      if: always()
+      if: failure()
 
     - name: Statistics
       if: success()