diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
index cf77b88..8a7e6cd 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -103,10 +103,18 @@ jobs:
           git config user.email "gitea-actions@users.noreply.code.gfran.co"
           git add Cargo.toml Cargo.lock \
             crates/nuwiki-lsp/Cargo.toml crates/nuwiki-ls/Cargo.toml
-          git commit -m "chore(release): $VER"
-          git tag -a "$TAG" -m "nuwiki $VER"
-          git push origin "HEAD:${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
-          git push origin "$TAG"
+          # Check if there are staged changes. If not, the version was already
+          # correct — create an empty commit just to have a release commit,
+          # and skip the tag push since it already exists on origin.
+          if git diff --cached --quiet; then
+            git commit --allow-empty -m "chore(release): $VER"
+            echo "No version changes — skipping tag push."
+          else
+            git commit -m "chore(release): $VER"
+            git tag -a "$TAG" -m "nuwiki $VER"
+            git push origin "HEAD:${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+            git push origin "$TAG"
+          fi
 
   build:
     name: build ${{ matrix.target }}