diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index c30dd5a..ee54c63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
           cache: pip
@@ -31,6 +31,32 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: python mirror.py
 
-      - run: |
+      - name: check for unpushed commits
+        id: check_unpushed
+        run: |
+          UNPUSHED_COMMITS=$(git log origin/main..HEAD)
+          if [ -z "$UNPUSHED_COMMITS" ]; then
+            echo "No unpushed commits found."
+            echo "changes_exist=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "Unpushed commits found."
+            echo "changes_exist=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
+      - name: push changes if they exist
+        if: env.changes_exist == 'true'
+        run: |
           git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/main
           git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/main --tags
+
+      - name: create release on new tag if new changes exist
+        if: env.changes_exist == 'true'
+        run: |
+          TAG_NAME=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
+          echo $TAG_NAME
+          gh release create "$TAG_NAME" \
+            --title "$TAG_NAME" \
+            --notes "See: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/tag/$TAG_NAME" \
+            --latest
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 00f504b..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Releases
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]*'
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - run: |
-          TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
-          gh release create "$TAG_NAME" \
-            --title "$TAG_NAME" \
-            --notes "See: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/tag/$TAG_NAME"
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}