diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/actions.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/actions.yaml
index 5da55c1..b7bb7f5 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/actions.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/actions.yaml
@@ -26,11 +26,17 @@ jobs:
           }
       - name: Lookup tag within existing package versions
         run: |
-          curl -X 'GET' \
+          RELEASE_EXISTS=$(curl -s -L 'GET' \
             'https://code.spamasaurus.com/api/v1/packages/djpbessems/container/filestash-enterprise' \
             -H 'accept: application/json' \
-            -H 'Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GIT_APIKEY }}' |
-          jq -r 'any(.[].version; . == "${{ steps.tag.outputs.version }}")'
+            -H 'Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GIT_APIKEY }}' | \
+            jq -r 'any(.[].version; . == "${{ steps.tag.outputs.version }}")')
+
+          [[ "$RELEASE_EXISTS" == "true" ]] && {
+            echo "Version already exists. Skipping build..."; exit 1
+          } || {
+            echo "Version is new. Proceeding..."; exit 0
+          }
 
   build_container:
     name: Container image