diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-featurebranch.yml b/.github/workflows/close-featurebranch.yml
index e805cff0e0..5da3eb52cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-featurebranch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-featurebranch.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     if: |
-      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'feature-branch') ||
-      github.event.label.name == 'feature-branch'
+      (github.event.action == 'closed' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'feature-branch')) ||
+       github.event.label.name == 'feature-branch'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3