diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
index 978866f48..88e298e4d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ jobs:
           cat response_errors.txt
           echo "----"
 
-          if [ "$HTTP_STATUS" == "200" ]; then
-            echo ">> Pull Request has been found"
+          if [ "$HTTP_STATUS" == "200" ] && [$(cat response_body.json | jq -r .state) == "open"]; then
+            echo ">> Pull Request has been found open, will update"
             PR_INDEX=$(cat response_body.json | jq -r .number)
             echo "pull-request-exists=${PR_INDEX}" >> $GITEA_OUTPUT
             echo "pull-request-index=true" >> $GITEA_OUTPUT