diff --git a/generate_releases.sh b/generate_releases.sh
index c99265e..50a07c5 100755
--- a/generate_releases.sh
+++ b/generate_releases.sh
@@ -70,9 +70,13 @@ do
 
   done
 
-  echo "generating ${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt..."
-  paste -d '\n' "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt" "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt.tmp" | sort -r | uniq > "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt.out"
-  mv "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt.out" "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt"
-  rm "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt.tmp"
+  if [[ -f "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt.tmp" ]]; then
+    # releases.txt.tmp file exists => there are changes to be processed
+
+    echo "generating ${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt..."
+    paste -d '\n' "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt" "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt.tmp" | sort -r | uniq > "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt.out"
+    mv "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt.out" "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt"
+    rm "${ODOO_VERSION}/releases.txt.tmp"
+  fi
 
 done