diff --git a/test-and-deploy.yml b/test-and-deploy.yml
index c6982c79ec535478ca2a08cba906f4642d9a002b..5c4b8bf6511b2b6ed39eef70c16f5b7dcd0dd703 100644
--- a/test-and-deploy.yml
+++ b/test-and-deploy.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stages:
     DBREQUIRED="no"
     if [[ "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" == "master" ]]; then
       DBREQUIRED="yes"
-    elif [[ "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" == *"[PULL_DB]"* ]]; then
+    elif [[ "$CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE" == *"[PULL_DB]"* ]]; then
       DBREQUIRED="yes"
     elif [[ "$PULL_DB" == "yes" ]]; then
       DBREQUIRED="yes"