@@ -43,14 +43,26 @@ jobs:
           custom_version: ${{ inputs.custom_version }}
           existing_changelog_path: CHANGELOG.md
 
-  # If github.ref points to a [ci skip] commit, we assume that it was added by the pre_release workflow, 
+  # If github.ref points to a [skip ci] commit, we assume that it was added by the pre_release workflow,
   # which doesn't push the commit if code checks don't pass.
   # Otherwise, the checks will have been triggered by the `run_code_checks` workflow.
   wait_for_checks:
     name: Wait for code checks to pass
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Check if the head commit contains [skip ci]
+        id: check_skip
+        run: |
+          if git log --format=%B -n 1 ${{ github.sha }} | head -n 1 | grep '\[skip ci\]$'; then
+            echo 'skipped=true' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo 'skipped=false' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
       - uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v1.3.4
+        if: ${{ steps.check_skip.outputs.skipped == 'false' }}
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.ref }}
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}