diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d1e62e951f..74e8e933e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,22 +6,28 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     name: Release
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merged == 'true' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release') && (github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' || startsWith(github.event.pull_request.base.ref, 'release/v')) }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout Release from lens
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: butlerlogic/action-autotag@stable
-        id: tagger
-        with:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-          tag_prefix: "v"
-      - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
-        if: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.tagname != '' }}
-        with:
-          name: v${{ steps.open-lens-version.outputs.VERSION }}
-          commit: master
-          tag: v${{ steps.open-lens-version.outputs.VERSION }}
-          body: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
+      - name: Print event
+        run: |
+          echo "merged=${{ github.event.pull_request.merged }}"
+          echo "ref=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}"
+          echo "is_release=${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release') }}"
+          echo "should_continue=${{ github.event.pull_request.merged == 'true' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release') && (github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' || startsWith(github.event.pull_request.base.ref, 'release/v')) }}"
+          exit 1
+      # - name: Checkout Release from lens
+      #   uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      #   with:
+      #     fetch-depth: 0
+      # - uses: butlerlogic/action-autotag@stable
+      #   id: tagger
+      #   with:
+      #     GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+      #     tag_prefix: "v"
+      # - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+      #   if: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.tagname != '' }}
+      #   with:
+      #     name: v${{ steps.open-lens-version.outputs.VERSION }}
+      #     commit: master
+      #     tag: v${{ steps.open-lens-version.outputs.VERSION }}
+      #     body: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6adf2307fd..13869b7f9f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "productName": "OpenLens",
   "description": "OpenLens - Open Source IDE for Kubernetes",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/lensapp/lens",
-  "version": "6.1.6",
+  "version": "6.1.7",
   "main": "static/build/main.js",
   "copyright": "© 2022 OpenLens Authors",
   "license": "MIT",