diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_promptflow_release_tag.yml b/.github/workflows/create_promptflow_release_tag.yml
index 29d52732091..b1f98c00464 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_promptflow_release_tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_promptflow_release_tag.yml
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "replaced src/promptflow/promptflow/_version.py:"
           cat src/promptflow/promptflow/_version.py
 
-          git add src/promptflow/promptflow/_version.py
-          git config --global user.name 'promptflow release'
-          git config --global user.email 'aml-pt-eng@microsoft.com'
-          git commit -m "update version in _version.py for promptflow"
-          git push --set-upstream origin $branch_name
+          if [[ $(git diff --name-only) == *"src/promptflow/promptflow/_version.py"* ]]; then
+            git add src/promptflow/promptflow/_version.py
+            git config --global user.name 'promptflow release'
+            git config --global user.email 'aml-pt-eng@microsoft.com'
+            git commit -m "update version in _version.py for promptflow"
+            git push --set-upstream origin $branch_name
+          fi
 
           git tag promptflow_$release_version
           git push origin --tags
diff --git a/src/promptflow/promptflow/_version.py b/src/promptflow/promptflow/_version.py
index 759746414f2..344d35d0a6e 100644
--- a/src/promptflow/promptflow/_version.py
+++ b/src/promptflow/promptflow/_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------
 
-VERSION = "1.9.0.dev0"
+VERSION = "1.10.0"