diff --git a/.github/workflows/packages.yml b/.github/workflows/packages.yml
index dfdf3379e8..5c18acfac6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packages.yml
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "[!] Repository update takes more time than expected, server returned empty response."
             echo "[!] This is expected if large amount of data has been submitted."
           else
-            echo "[!] curl exited with error code $exit_status."
+            echo "[!] curl exited with error code ${exit_code}."
             exit "$exit_code"
           fi
         fi