diff --git a/scripts/ci/ios-sim/earlier-run.sh b/scripts/ci/ios-sim/earlier-run.sh
index 752bea6292..7081bd08b1 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/ios-sim/earlier-run.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/ios-sim/earlier-run.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 name=$1
-run_id=$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/artifacts?name=$name&per_page=100" --jq "
+run_id=$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/artifacts?name=$name&per_page=100" | jq -r --arg branch "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" '
   [.artifacts[]
-    | select((.expired | not) and .workflow_run.head_branch == \"$GITHUB_REF_NAME\" and .workflow_run.head_repository_id == .workflow_run.repository_id)]
-  | sort_by(.created_at) | last | .workflow_run.id // empty")
+    | select((.expired | not) and .workflow_run.head_branch == $branch and .workflow_run.head_repository_id == .workflow_run.repository_id)]
+  | sort_by(.created_at) | last | .workflow_run.id // empty')
 if [ -n "$run_id" ]; then
   echo "$name: from run $run_id"
   echo "run-id=$run_id" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"