diff --git a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
index b2be6ac..63e09b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ jobs:
             rm -rf ${conformance_dir}/ep3_latest ${conformance_dir}/ep3_${tag}
             cp -r ${conformance_dir}/ep3_master ${conformance_dir}/ep3_latest
             cp -r ${conformance_dir}/ep3_master ${conformance_dir}/ep3_${tag}
-            git add ${conformance_dir}/ep3_latest ${conformance_dir}/ep3_${tag}
             printf '{ "subject": "version", "status": "%s", "color": "green" }' ${tag} > ${conformance_dir}/ep3_latest/version.json
             cp ${conformance_dir}/ep3_latest/version.json ${conformance_dir}/ep3_${tag}/version.json
+            git add ${conformance_dir}/ep3_latest ${conformance_dir}/ep3_${tag}
           fi
 
           git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -m "Conformance test of ep3 for CWL ${cwlVersion}" -m " Commit: ${GITHUB_SHA}"