Check files not working if jobs is using a matrix to generate different values

[navneet1v]

Description

I am trying to integrate the check files steps and based on the output I am trying to see if I can avoid running some mandatory steps.

Here is a sample

jobs:
  check-files:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      RUN_GRADLE_CHECK: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files-specific
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v47.0.0
        with:
          files: |
            src/**
            
      
      - name: Debug file changes
        run: |
          echo "Any changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed }}"
          echo "Changed files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_changed_files }}"
          echo "Event name: ${{ github.event_name }}"
          echo "Java version: ${{ matrix.java }}"

  Remote-Index-Build-IT-Tests:
    needs: check-files
    strategy:
      matrix:
        java: [21]
    if: needs.check-files.outputs.RUN_GRADLE_CHECK == 'true'

    name: Remote-Index-Build-IT-Tests on Linux
    runs-on:
      group: selfhosted-gpu-runners
      labels: g6xlarge

    steps:
      - name: Checkout myPackage
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

Now if I don't add the check files the final github action that gets created in Remote-Index-Build-IT-Tests on Linux (21), but I don't want Remote-Index-Build-IT-Tests on Linux (21) to run. But even with the above code it is running it all the time and skip Remote-Index-Build-IT-Tests on Linux which is not even a step. I think the issue is once the matrix expands the name of the step is changed which is causing this issue.

Any suggestion/solution how I can fix this?