diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 542a0e2a7..411acf566 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.check-version.outputs.version }}
+      skipped: ${{ steps.check-version.outputs.skipped }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install poetry
@@ -51,13 +52,17 @@ jobs:
           last_released_version=$(curl -s "https://pypi.org/pypi/langflow-base/json" | jq -r '.releases | keys | .[]' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
           if [ "$version" = "$last_released_version" ]; then
             echo "Version $version is already released. Skipping release."
+            echo skipped=true >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             exit 0
           else
             echo version=$version >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo skipped=false >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
       - name: Build project for distribution
+        if: steps.check-version.outputs.skipped == 'false'
         run: make build base=true
       - name: Test CLI
+        if: steps.check-version.outputs.skipped == 'false'
         run: |
           python -m pip install src/backend/base/dist/*.whl
           python -m langflow run --host 127.0.0.1 --port 7860 &
@@ -75,10 +80,12 @@ jobs:
             echo "Server terminated successfully"
           fi
       - name: Publish to PyPI
+        if: steps.check-version.outputs.skipped == 'false'
         env:
           POETRY_PYPI_TOKEN_PYPI: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
         run: make publish base=true
       - name: Upload Artifact
+        if: steps.check-version.outputs.skipped == 'false'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: dist-base
@@ -116,7 +123,9 @@ jobs:
             echo version=$version >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
       - name: Wait for PyPI Propagation
+        if: needs.release-base.outputs.skipped == 'false'
         run: sleep 300  # wait for 5 minutes to ensure PyPI propagation
+
       - name: Build project for distribution
         run: make build main=true
       - name: Test CLI
@@ -125,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m langflow run --host 127.0.0.1 --port 7860 &
           SERVER_PID=$!
           # Wait for the server to start
-          timeout 120 bash -c 'until curl -f http://127.0.0.1:7860/api/v1/auto_login; do sleep 2; done' || (echo "Server did not start in time" && kill $SERVER_PID && exit 1)
+          timeout 120 bash -c 'until curl -f http://127.0.0.1:7860/api/v1/health_check; do sleep 2; done' || (echo "Server did not start in time" && kill $SERVER_PID && exit 1)
           # Terminate the server
           kill $SERVER_PID || (echo "Failed to terminate the server" && exit 1)
           sleep 10 # give the server some time to terminate