diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy-prod.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy-prod.yml
index 8be0f6d..780fbc2 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy-prod.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy-prod.yml
@@ -61,24 +61,31 @@ jobs:
           test -d releases
           find releases -type f | grep -q .
 
-          RELEASE_JSON="$(curl -fsS -X POST "$API/repos/$REPO/releases" \
-            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d "$(jq -n \
-              --arg tag "$TAG" \
-              --arg name "$TAG" \
-              --arg body "Release $VERSION" \
-              --arg target "$SHA" \
-              '{
-                tag_name: $tag,
-                name: $name,
-                body: $body,
-                target_commitish: $target,
-                draft: false,
-                prerelease: false
-              }')")"
-
-          RELEASE_ID="$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r .id)"
+          HTTP_STATUS=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o release_out.json -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "$API/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/$TAG")
+          
+          if [ "$HTTP_STATUS" = "200" ]; then
+            echo "Release $TAG already exists."
+            RELEASE_ID="$(jq -r .id release_out.json)"
+          else
+            echo "Creating new release for $TAG"
+            RELEASE_JSON="$(curl -f -sS -X POST "$API/repos/$REPO/releases" \
+              -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              -d "$(jq -n \
+                --arg tag "$TAG" \
+                --arg name "$TAG" \
+                --arg body "Release $VERSION" \
+                --arg target "$SHA" \
+                '{
+                  tag_name: $tag,
+                  name: $name,
+                  body: $body,
+                  target_commitish: $target,
+                  draft: false,
+                  prerelease: false
+                }')")"
+            RELEASE_ID="$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r .id)"
+          fi
 
           find releases -type f -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
             name="$(basename "$file")"