diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_rc_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/create_rc_pr.yml
index c3fef65542567..0a87e11fb7f6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_rc_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_rc_pr.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ jobs:
             - name: Check for changes since last RC
               id: check_for_changes
               run: |
-                echo "CHANGES=$(inv -e release.check-for-changes -r ${{ env.RELEASE_BRANCH }} ${{ env.WARNING }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+                echo "DD_CHANGES=$(inv -e release.check-for-changes -r ${{ env.RELEASE_BRANCH }} ${{ env.WARNING }})" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
             - name: Create RC PR
-              if: ${{ steps.check_for_changes.outputs.CHANGES == 'true'}}
+              if: ${{ env.DD_CHANGES == '1' }}
               run: |
                 git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
                 git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
diff --git a/tasks/release.py b/tasks/release.py
index 6653bfce92ded..86e3059966956 100644
--- a/tasks/release.py
+++ b/tasks/release.py
@@ -916,12 +916,12 @@ def check_for_changes(ctx, release_branch, warning_mode=False):
     """
     next_version = next_rc_version(ctx, "7")
     repo_data = generate_repo_data(warning_mode, next_version, release_branch)
-    changes = 'false'
+    changes = 0
     for repo_name, repo in repo_data.items():
         head_commit = get_last_commit(ctx, repo_name, repo['branch'])
         last_tag_commit, last_tag_name = get_last_tag(ctx, repo_name, next_version.tag_pattern())
         if last_tag_commit != "" and last_tag_commit != head_commit:
-            changes = 'true'
+            changes = 1
             print(f"{repo_name} has new commits since {last_tag_name}", file=sys.stderr)
             if warning_mode:
                 emails = release_manager(repo_name, repo['branch'])
@@ -931,17 +931,10 @@ def check_for_changes(ctx, release_branch, warning_mode=False):
                     with clone(ctx, repo_name, repo['branch'], options="--filter=blob:none --no-checkout"):
                         # We can add the new commit now to be used by release candidate creation
                         print(f"Should create new tag {next_version} on {repo_name}", file=sys.stderr)
-                        ctx.run('git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"', hide=True)
-                        ctx.run(
-                            'git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"',
-                            hide=True,
-                        )
-                        ctx.run(f"git tag {next_version}")
-                        ctx.run(f"git push origin tag {next_version}")
             # This repo has changes, the next check is not needed
             continue
         if repo_name != "datadog-agent" and last_tag_name != repo['previous_tag']:
-            changes = 'true'
+            changes = 1
             print(
                 f"{repo_name} has a new tag {last_tag_name} since last release candidate (was {repo['previous_tag']})",
                 file=sys.stderr,