diff --git a/.github/workflows/tagged_release.yml b/.github/workflows/tagged_release.yml
index 19e1d1a..dca870c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tagged_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tagged_release.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "release_branch_name=$release_branch_name" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       
       - name: Prepare release branch
+        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           git fetch
           git checkout -b  ${{ env.release_branch_name }}