diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9788ca9..ec75502 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,19 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "v*"
 jobs:
+  branch_exists:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Check if release already exists
+        env:
+          REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+        run: |
+          echo branch_exists=$(git ls-remote --heads origin refs/heads/release/${REF:10} | wc -l) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    needs: branch_exists
+    if: ${{ needs.branch_exists.outputs.branch_exists == "0" }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 189fe86..9de0b8e 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.2.4
+
+- Update Github actions pipeline
+
 ## v0.2.3
 
 - Use gen_parse_metadata for async pipeline
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index aec77b4..ec5e94f 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Getting Started
 
-Documentation for version: **v0.2.3**
+Documentation for version: **v0.2.4**
 
 ## Overview
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5481bcd..816d418 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "offchain"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 description = "Open source metadata processing framework"
 authors = ["Zora eng <eng@zora.co>"]
 readme = "README.md"