diff --git a/.github/scripts/check-version.sh b/.github/scripts/check-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6ea4d154be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/check-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Get current version
+CURRENT_VERSION=$1
+if [ -z "$CURRENT_VERSION" ]; then
+  echo "Error: Failed to get current version"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get the latest version from GitHub Releases
+API_RESPONSE=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/latest")
+
+if [ -z "$API_RESPONSE" ] || [ "$(echo "$API_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.message')" = "Not Found" ]; then
+  echo "Error: Failed to fetch latest version from GitHub"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get the latest version
+LATEST_VERSION=$(echo "$API_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.tag_name')
+
+if [ -z "$LATEST_VERSION" ] || [ "$LATEST_VERSION" = "null" ]; then
+  echo "Error: No valid version found in GitHub releases"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Cleaned up version number format (removed possible 'v' prefix and -nightly suffix)
+CLEAN_CURRENT=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | sed 's/^v//' | sed 's/-nightly-.*//')
+CLEAN_LATEST=$(echo "$LATEST_VERSION" | sed 's/^v//' | sed 's/-nightly-.*//')
+
+echo "Current version: $CLEAN_CURRENT"
+echo "Latest release version: $CLEAN_LATEST"
+
+# Use sort -V to compare versions
+HIGHER_VERSION=$(printf "%s\n%s" "$CLEAN_CURRENT" "$CLEAN_LATEST" | sort -V | tail -n1)
+
+if [ "$HIGHER_VERSION" = "$CLEAN_CURRENT" ]; then
+  echo "Current version ($CLEAN_CURRENT) is NEWER than or EQUAL to latest ($CLEAN_LATEST)"
+  echo "should-push-latest-tag=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+else
+  echo "Current version ($CLEAN_CURRENT) is OLDER than latest ($CLEAN_LATEST)"
+  echo "should-push-latest-tag=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 42828b7f01..fe7afa661c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ jobs:
 
       # The 'version' use as the global tag name of the release workflow.
       version: ${{ steps.create-version.outputs.version }}
+
+      should-push-latest-tag: ${{ steps.check-version.outputs.should-push-latest-tag }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -135,6 +137,11 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
           NIGHTLY_RELEASE_PREFIX: ${{ env.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_PREFIX }}
 
+      - name: Check version
+        id: check-version
+        run: |
+          ./.github/scripts/check-version.sh "${{ steps.create-version.outputs.version }}"
+
       - name: Allocate linux-amd64 runner
         if: ${{ inputs.build_linux_amd64_artifacts || github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/start-runner
@@ -314,7 +321,7 @@ jobs:
           image-registry-username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           image-registry-password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
           version: ${{ needs.allocate-runners.outputs.version }}
-          push-latest-tag: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' && !contains(github.ref_name, 'nightly') && github.event_name != 'schedule' }}
+          push-latest-tag: ${{ needs.allocate-runners.outputs.should-push-latest-tag == 'true' && github.ref_type == 'tag' && !contains(github.ref_name, 'nightly') && github.event_name != 'schedule' }}
 
       - name: Set build image result
         id: set-build-image-result
@@ -361,7 +368,7 @@ jobs:
           dev-mode: false
           upload-to-s3: true
           update-version-info: true
-          push-latest-tag: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' && !contains(github.ref_name, 'nightly') && github.event_name != 'schedule' }}
+          push-latest-tag: ${{ needs.allocate-runners.outputs.should-push-latest-tag == 'true' && github.ref_type == 'tag' && !contains(github.ref_name, 'nightly') && github.event_name != 'schedule' }}
 
   publish-github-release:
     name: Create GitHub release and upload artifacts