diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 23d6d9110..1bc3effb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       do_release: ${{ steps.config.outputs.do_release }}
       do_snapshot_release: ${{ steps.config.outputs.do_snapshot_release }}
       pom_version: ${{ steps.config.outputs.pom_version }}
+      do_javadoc: ${{ steps.config.outputs.do_javadoc }}
       do_test_linux: ${{ steps.config.outputs.do_test_linux }}
       do_test_windows: ${{ steps.config.outputs.do_test_windows }}
     steps:
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ jobs:
 
           # Do a release when a git tag starting with 'v' has been created by a suitable user.
           # (We match against github.repository_owner as a kludge so that forked repos can release themselves when testing the workflow)
-
           if [[ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" == "create" && "${REF_TYPE}" == "tag" && "${REF}" == v* && \
                 ( "${ACTOR}" == "arnaudroques" || "${ACTOR}" == "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER}" ) \
              ]]; then
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ jobs:
             echo "do_release=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "pom_version=${REF#v}"
             echo "pom_version=${REF#v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT # pom_version is the tag without the 'v' prefix
+            echo "do_javadoc=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "This run will update the Javadoc"
 
           elif [[ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" =~ push|workflow_dispatch && "${REF}" == "refs/heads/master" && "${ACTOR}" == "arnaudroques" ]]; then
             echo "::notice title=::This run will release a snapshot"
@@ -68,9 +70,13 @@ jobs:
             V=$(perl -ne 'if (/return (\d{6,7});/) {$v=$1} if (/final int beta = (\d+);/) {$b=$1} END{print(substr($v, 0, 1),".", substr($v, 1, 4),"."); if ($b) {print(int(substr($v+1, 5)), "beta", $b);} else {print(int(substr($v, 5)))}}' src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/version/Version.java)
             echo "pom_version=$V-SNAPSHOT"
             echo "pom_version=$V-SNAPSHOT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT # pom_version is taken from Version.java
+            echo "do_javadoc=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "This run will update the Javadoc"
 
           else
             echo "This run will NOT make a release"
+            echo "do_javadoc=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "This run will NOT update the Javadoc"
           fi
           echo "do_test_linux=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "do_test_windows=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -182,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
 
   deploy_javadoc:
     needs: [ build_artifacts, test_linux ]
-    if: needs.workflow_config.outputs.do_release == 'true'
+    if: needs.workflow_config.outputs.do_javadoc == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repository