diff --git a/scripts/release-plz.sh b/scripts/release-plz.sh
index 4f449fe..995fac4 100755
--- a/scripts/release-plz.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-plz.sh
@@ -2,62 +2,81 @@
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 set -euxo pipefail
 
-# Get the latest released version
-latest_tag="$(git tag --list | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-rc\.[0-9]+)?$' | sort -V | tail -1)"
-
-# Check if there are commits since the last release
-if [ -n "$latest_tag" ]; then
-  commits_since_release="$(git rev-list "$latest_tag"..HEAD --count)"
-  if [ "$commits_since_release" -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "No commits since last release $latest_tag"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-  echo "Found $commits_since_release commits since $latest_tag"
-fi
-
-# Get the next version and changelog from git-cliff
-version="$(git cliff --bumped-version)"
-changelog="$(git cliff --bump --unreleased | tail -n +2)"
-
-if [ "${DRY_RUN:-1}" == 1 ]; then
-  echo "version: $version"
-  echo "changelog: $changelog"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Check if there are any unreleased changes
-if [ -z "$changelog" ] || [ "$changelog" = "<!-- generated by git-cliff -->" ]; then
-  echo "No unreleased changes found"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Configure git for automated commits
-git config user.name mise-en-dev
-git config user.email 123107610+mise-en-dev@users.noreply.github.com
-
-# Update package.json version
+# Get the current package.json version before any modifications
 cur_pkg_version="$(jq -r .version package.json)"
-if [ "$cur_pkg_version" != "${version#v}" ]; then
-  npm version "${version#v}" --no-git-tag-version
-  
-  git add package.json package-lock.json
-  git status
 
-  # Create release branch and commit
-  git checkout -B release
-  git commit -m "chore: release $version"
+# Get the latest GitHub release version
+latest_release="$(gh release view --json tagName --jq .tagName 2>/dev/null || echo "")"
+latest_release_version="${latest_release#v}"
 
-  # Push to release branch
-  git push origin release --force
+# Check if package.json version is newer than the latest release
+if [ -n "$latest_release_version" ] && [ "$cur_pkg_version" = "$latest_release_version" ]; then
+	echo "Package version $cur_pkg_version matches latest release $latest_release. Nothing to release."
+	# Still check if we need to create a new PR for unreleased changes
 
-  # Create or update PR
-  if gh pr create --title "chore: release $version" --body "$changelog" --label "release"; then
-    echo "Created new release PR"
-  else
-    gh pr edit --title "chore: release $version" --body "$changelog"
-    echo "Updated existing release PR"
-  fi
+	# Get the latest released version tag
+	latest_tag="$(git tag --list | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-rc\.[0-9]+)?$' | sort -V | tail -1)"
+
+	# Check if there are commits since the last release
+	if [ -n "$latest_tag" ]; then
+		commits_since_release="$(git rev-list "$latest_tag"..HEAD --count)"
+		if [ "$commits_since_release" -eq 0 ]; then
+			echo "No commits since last release $latest_tag"
+			exit 0
+		fi
+		echo "Found $commits_since_release commits since $latest_tag"
+	fi
+
+	# Get the next version and changelog from git-cliff
+	version="$(git cliff --bumped-version)"
+	changelog="$(git cliff --bump --unreleased | tail -n +2)"
+
+	if [ "${DRY_RUN:-1}" == 1 ]; then
+		echo "version: $version"
+		echo "changelog: $changelog"
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	# Check if there are any unreleased changes
+	if [ -z "$changelog" ] || [ "$changelog" = "<!-- generated by git-cliff -->" ]; then
+		echo "No unreleased changes found"
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	# Configure git for automated commits
+	git config user.name mise-en-dev
+	git config user.email 123107610+mise-en-dev@users.noreply.github.com
+
+	# Create a PR with the version bump
+	npm version "${version#v}" --no-git-tag-version
+
+	git add package.json package-lock.json
+	git status
+
+	# Create release branch and commit
+	git checkout -B release
+	git commit -m "chore: release $version"
+
+	# Push to release branch
+	git push origin release --force
+
+	# Create or update PR
+	if gh pr create --title "chore: release $version" --body "$changelog" --label "release"; then
+		echo "Created new release PR"
+	else
+		gh pr edit --title "chore: release $version" --body "$changelog"
+		echo "Updated existing release PR"
+	fi
+elif [ -n "$cur_pkg_version" ] && [ "$cur_pkg_version" != "$latest_release_version" ]; then
+	# Package version is different from latest release, so cut a release
+	echo "Package version v$cur_pkg_version is newer than latest release $latest_release. Creating release."
+
+	# Configure git for automated commits
+	git config user.name mise-en-dev
+	git config user.email 123107610+mise-en-dev@users.noreply.github.com
+
+	./scripts/postversion.sh
 else
-  echo "Package.json already at version ${version#v}, running postversion"
-  ./scripts/postversion.sh
-fi 
+	echo "Could not determine release status"
+	exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
index 416099c..9a07937 100755
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 set -euxo pipefail
 
 function assert_equal() {
-  if [ "$1" != "$2" ]; then
-    echo "Assertion failed: Expected '$1', got '$2'" >&2
-    return 1
-  fi
+	if [ "$1" != "$2" ]; then
+		echo "Assertion failed: Expected '$1', got '$2'" >&2
+		return 1
+	fi
 }
 EXPECTED_OUTPUT="jq-1.7.1"
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ which jq
 
 # windows bash does not seem to work with shims
 if [[ "$(uname)" != "MINGW"* ]]; then
-  assert_equal "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" "$(jq --version)"
+	assert_equal "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" "$(jq --version)"
 fi
 
 # checking that environment variables set in mise.toml are properly set