diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4bba3e13..f43e7e0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -197,18 +197,15 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         PRERELEASE: ${{ needs.build.outputs.prerelease }}
       run: |
+        set +e
         TAG_NAME="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
-
-        gh release view "${TAG_NAME}" >/dev/null
-        RELEASE_EXISTS=$?
-        if [ $RELEASE_EXISTS -ne 0 ]; then
-          gh release create "${TAG_NAME}" \
-            --title "pytest-asyncio ${TAG_NAME}" \
-            --notes-file release-notes.md \
-            --draft \
-            $( [ "${PRERELEASE}" = "true" ] && echo "--prerelease" ) \
-            dist/*
-        fi
+        gh release view "${TAG_NAME}" >/dev/null && echo "Release already exists. Exiting." && exit 0
+        gh release create "${TAG_NAME}" \
+          --title "pytest-asyncio ${TAG_NAME}" \
+          --notes-file release-notes.md \
+          --draft \
+          $( [ "${PRERELEASE}" = "true" ] && echo "--prerelease" ) \
+          dist/*
 
   publish-test-pypi:
     name: Publish packages to test.pypi.org