diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 32e7ad8..bc94094 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -111,5 +111,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@45996ed1f6d02564a971a2fa1b5860e934307cf7 # v5.0.0
         with:
+          skip-github-pull-request: "${{ startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'release: ') }}"
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}