diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
index 9fdd39b273..cd4562b400 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pipeline {
         }
         stage('Prepare for PR') {
             when {
-                expression { return isRelease() || isCreatePr() }
+                expression { return isCreatePr() }
             }
             steps {
                 script {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ pipeline {
         }
         stage('Create PR') {
             when {
-                expression { return isRelease() || isCreatePr() }
+                expression { return isCreatePr() }
             }
             steps {
                 script {
@@ -148,11 +148,6 @@ pipeline {
                         } else {
                             println '[WARN] no changes to commit'
                         }
-
-                        // Create a new tag
-                        githubscm.setUserConfigFromCreds(getGitAuthorPushCredsId())
-                        githubscm.tagRepository(getGitTagName())
-                        githubscm.pushRemoteTag('origin', getGitTagName(), getGitAuthorPushCredsId())
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -167,6 +162,26 @@ pipeline {
                 }
             }
         }
+        stage('Commit and Create Tag') {
+            when {
+                expression { return isRelease() }
+            }
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    dir(getRepoName()) {
+                        if (githubscm.isThereAnyChanges()) {
+                            def commitMsg = "[${getBuildBranch()}] Update version to ${getProjectVersion()}"
+                            githubscm.setUserConfigFromCreds(getGitAuthorPushCredsId())
+                            githubscm.commitChanges(commitMsg, { githubscm.findAndStageNotIgnoredFiles('pom.xml') })
+                        } else {
+                            println '[WARN] no changes to commit'
+                        }
+                        githubscm.tagRepository(getGitTagName())
+                        githubscm.pushRemoteTag('origin', getGitTagName(), getGitAuthorPushCredsId())
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
     post {
         always {
@@ -211,11 +226,7 @@ void checkoutRepo() {
 void commitAndCreatePR() {
     def commitMsg = "[${getBuildBranch()}] Update version to ${getProjectVersion()}"
     def prBody = "Generated by build ${BUILD_TAG}: ${BUILD_URL}."
-    if (isRelease()) {
-        prBody += '\nPlease do not merge, it should be merged automatically after testing.'
-    } else {
-        prBody += '\nPlease review and merge.'
-    }
+    prBody += '\nPlease review and merge.'
     githubscm.setUserConfigFromCreds(getGitAuthorPushCredsId())
     githubscm.commitChanges(commitMsg, { githubscm.findAndStageNotIgnoredFiles('pom.xml') })
     githubscm.pushObject('origin', getPRBranch(), getGitAuthorPushCredsId())