diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/template-deploy.yaml
index 455c4b7a..16df1c19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/template-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/template-deploy.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
       search_db:
-        description: runs playwright tests
+        description: elasticsearch or opensearch
         required: false
         default: elasticsearch
         type: string
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: change search db
-        run: >-
-          sed -i 's/SEARCH_DB=elasticsearch/SEARCH_DB=opensearch/g' .env
+        if: ${{ contains(inputs.search_db, 'elasticsearch') }}
+        run: |
+          sudo sed -i 's/SEARCH_DB=elasticsearch/SEARCH_DB=opensearch/g' .env
 
       - name: Login to private registry
         if: ${{ inputs.directory != 'docker-compose/camunda-8.6' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-core-opensearch.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-core-opensearch.yaml
index e4323ff9..78c89ce7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-core-opensearch.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-core-opensearch.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/template-deploy.yaml
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      compose_args: "-f docker-compose-core.opensearch.yaml --profile opensearch"
+      compose_args: "-f docker-compose-core.yaml --profile opensearch"
       run_e2e_tests: false
-      search_db: opensearch
\ No newline at end of file
+      search_db: opensearch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-default.opensearch.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-default.opensearch.yaml
index d2d3169d..1d182384 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-default.opensearch.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-default.opensearch.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ jobs:
     with:
       compose_args: "-f docker-compose.yaml --profile opensearch"
       run_e2e_tests: false
-      search_db: opensearch
\ No newline at end of file
+      search_db: opensearch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-modeler.opensearch.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-modeler.opensearch.yaml
index 096b593a..bc6077b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-modeler.opensearch.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-modeler.opensearch.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ jobs:
     with:
       compose_args: "-f docker-compose.yaml -f docker-compose-web-modeler.yaml --profile opensearch"
       run_e2e_tests: true
-      search_db: opensearch
\ No newline at end of file
+      search_db: opensearch