diff --git a/.ci/update_version b/.ci/update_version
index 3642514..e75fa7f 100755
--- a/.ci/update_version
+++ b/.ci/update_version
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ echo "git diff:"
 git --no-pager diff
 
 echo
-echo "Publishing version change"
-git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -am "Updated etcd image version to $VERSION"
-git --no-pager log -1
+if git diff-index --quiet HEAD; [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+  echo "No version change"
+else
+  echo "Publishing version change"
+  git commit -am "Updated etcd image version to $VERSION" || git --no-pager log -1
+fi
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