diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index bcdf8e5..62d5bbf 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ jobs:
           VERSION=$(cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')  # read version and trim whitespace
           echo "Version: $VERSION"
 
-          if git rev-parse "v$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          # if git rev-parse "v$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          tags=$(git tag -l "v$(cat VERSION)" | wc -l)
+          if [[ $tags == "1" ]]; then
             echo "Tag v$VERSION already exists. Skipping release."
             exit 0
           fi