diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkVersions.yml b/.github/workflows/checkVersions.yml
index 80788e560e8..8e8f674557c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkVersions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkVersions.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Commit version increments, if any
       run: |
         set -x
-        git add '*/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF' '*/feature.xml' '*/pom.xml'
+        # Only stage files relevant for version increments and don't fail if the kind of file to be staged does not exist at all.
+        git add '*/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF' || true
+        git add '*/feature.xml' || true
+        git add '*/pom.xml' || true
         if [[ $(git diff --name-only --cached) != '' ]]; then
           # Relevant files were staged, i.e. some version were changed