diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 6b8510a79431753fe9c46cefc39df0c4212bd8a1..16531789553f6a3e5dc78e687a691ec1307c5c7f 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -251,10 +251,6 @@ Void setNewProvisioningVersion(String environment) {
     dir("provisioning") {
         def envFile = "inventories/group_vars/${environment}/versions"
 
-        if (env.BRANCH_NAME == 'release') {
-            envFile = "playbook/inventory/versions/${environment}.yml"
-        }
-
         def envVersions = readYaml file: envFile
 
         envVersions.versions.user_manager.image.tag = IMAGE_TAG
@@ -277,14 +273,14 @@ Void checkoutProvisioningRepo() {
 }
 
 Void pushNewProvisioningVersion(String environment) {
-    withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'jenkins-gitea-access-token', passwordVariable: 'TOKEN', usernameVariable: 'USER')]) {
-        dir('provisioning') {
-            if (env.BRANCH_NAME == 'release') {
-                sh 'git add playbook/inventory/versions/.'
-            }
-            else {
-                sh 'git add inventories/group_vars/*/versions'
-            }
+    dir('provisioning') {
+        if (sh (script: "git status | grep 'inventories/group_vars/.*/versions'", returnStatus: true) == 1) {
+            return
+        }
+        
+        withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'jenkins-gitea-access-token', passwordVariable: 'TOKEN', usernameVariable: 'USER')]) {
+            sh 'git add inventories/group_vars/*/versions'
+
             sh 'git config user.email "jenkins@ozg.de"'
             sh 'git config user.name "jenkins"'
             sh "git commit -m 'jenkins rollout ${environment} user-manager version ${IMAGE_TAG}'"