diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-be-new-migration-latest-timestamp.yml b/.github/workflows/update-be-new-migration-latest-timestamp.yml
index 5636f890a..160828473 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-be-new-migration-latest-timestamp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-be-new-migration-latest-timestamp.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ name: Rename Migrations
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    types:
-      - closed
+    types: [closed]
     paths:
       - 'backend/src/db/migrations/**'
 
@@ -11,30 +10,39 @@ jobs:
   rename:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          
+
       - name: Get list of newly added files in migration folder
-        run: git diff --name-status HEAD^ HEAD backend/src/db/migrations | grep '^A' | cut -f2  | xargs -n1 basename > added_files.txt
-      
-      - name: Script to rename migrations 
+        run: |
+          git diff --name-status HEAD^ HEAD backend/src/db/migrations | grep '^A' | cut -f2 | xargs -n1 basename > added_files.txt
+          if [ ! -s added_files.txt ]; then
+            echo "No new files added. Skipping"
+            echo "SKIP_RENAME=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
+      - name: Script to rename migrations
+        if: env.SKIP_RENAME != 'true'
         run: python .github/resources/rename_migration_files.py
 
       - name: Commit and push changes
+        if: env.SKIP_RENAME != 'true'
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions
           git config user.email github-actions@github.com
           git add ./backend/src/db/migrations
           rm added_files.txt
           git commit -m "chore: renamed new migration files to latest timestamp (gh-action)"
-      
+
       - name: Create Pull Request
+        if: env.SKIP_RENAME != 'true'
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commit-message: 'chore: renamed new migration files to latest UTC(gh-action)'
+          commit-message: 'chore: renamed new migration files to latest UTC (gh-action)'
           title: 'GH Action: rename new migration file timestamp'
           branch-suffix: timestamp