diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.weekly.deploy b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.weekly.deploy
index dcde5ce02e..22c14eae4c 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.weekly.deploy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.weekly.deploy
@@ -157,8 +157,14 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 script {
                     projectVersion = getProjectVersion(false)
-                    dir(optaplannerFolder) {
-                        githubscm.setUserConfigFromCreds(getGitAuthorPushCredsId())
+                    dir(optaplannerFolder)) {
+                        if (githubscm.isThereAnyChanges()) {
+                            def commitMsg = "[${getBuildBranch()}] Update version to ${projectVersion}"
+                            githubscm.setUserConfigFromCreds(getGitAuthorPushCredsId())
+                            githubscm.commitChanges(commitMsg, { githubscm.findAndStageNotIgnoredFiles('pom.xml') })
+                        } else {
+                            println '[WARN] no changes to commit'
+                        }
                         githubscm.tagRepository(projectVersion)
                         githubscm.pushRemoteTag('origin', projectVersion, getGitAuthorPushCredsId())
                     }