diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 7042f71..2ce5741 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           major=$(echo "$latest" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$/\1/')
           minor=$(echo "$latest" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$/\2/')
           patch=$(echo "$latest" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$/\3/')
-          bump=$(printf '%s' "$last_commit" | grep -iE '^Bump-Type:' | head -1 | awk '{print tolower($2)}')
+          bump=$(printf '%s' "$last_commit" | grep -iE '^Bump-Type:' | head -1 | awk '{print tolower($2)}' || true)
           case "$bump" in
             major) major=$((major + 1)); minor=0; patch=0 ;;
             minor) minor=$((minor + 1)); patch=0 ;;