diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 320164b..58c3139 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BLIBLA_SEMANTIC_RELEASE }}
 
       - name: Set environment variables
+        if: steps.semanticrelease.outputs.new-release-published == 'true'
         run: |
           echo "DOCKERHUB_REPO=${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_REPO }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "DOCKERHUB_IMG=${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_IMG }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${{ steps.semanticrelease.outputs.release-version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Build and push the images to Docker Hub
+        if: steps.semanticrelease.outputs.new-release-published == 'true'
         uses: docker/bake-action@v2
         with:
           push: true