diff --git a/.github/workflows/updater.sh b/.github/workflows/updater.sh
index 69cd362..08e75b0 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/updater.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/updater.sh
@@ -24,15 +24,17 @@ assets=($(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases" | jq -r '[
 echo "Current version: $current_version"
 echo "Latest release from upstream: $version"
 echo "VERSION=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+# For the time being, let's assume the script will fail
+echo "PROCEED=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
 # Proceed only if the retrieved version is greater than the current one
 if ! dpkg --compare-versions "$current_version" "lt" "$version" ; then
     echo "::warning ::No new version available"
-    exit 1
+    exit 0
 # Proceed only if a PR for this new version does not already exist
 elif git ls-remote -q --exit-code --heads https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git ci-auto-update-v$version ; then
     echo "::warning ::A branch already exists for this update"
-    exit 1
+    exit 0
 fi
 
 # Each release can hold multiple assets (e.g. binaries for different architectures, source code, etc.)
@@ -122,5 +124,6 @@ jq -s --indent 4 ".[] | .version = \"$VERSION~ynh1\"" manifest.json | sponge man
 
 # No need to update the README, yunohost-bot takes care of it
 
-# The Action will proceed only if a 0 exit code is returned
+# The Action will proceed only if the PROCEED environment variable is set to true
+echo "PROCEED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/updater.yml b/.github/workflows/updater.yml
index c56591a..52e7a8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/updater.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/updater.yml
@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email 'yunohost-bot@users.noreply.github.com'
           # Run the updater script
           ./.github/workflows/updater.sh
-          retval=$?
-          # Check if we are allowed to proceed
-          if [ $retval -eq 0 ]; then
-              echo "PROCEED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          else
-              echo "PROCEED=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-              echo "::warning ::The updater script failed (exit code $retval)"
-          fi
           # Commit
           git commit -am "Upgrade to v$VERSION"
       - name: Create Pull Request