diff --git a/tools/merge-autoupdate.sh b/tools/merge-autoupdate.sh
index 340018462f..8ac0fa5aaf 100755
--- a/tools/merge-autoupdate.sh
+++ b/tools/merge-autoupdate.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ glab="glab --repo fdroid/fdroiddata"
 mr_list=$($glab mr list --author checkupdates-bot -F json | jq -r 'map(.iid)[]')
 for mr in $mr_list; do
   $glab mr update $mr --label "fdroid-bot"
+  if [[ $($glab mr view $mr -F json | jq -r '.title | test("bot: Update CurrentVersion of .*")') == "true" ]]; then
+    $glab mr update --draft
+  fi
   if [[ $($glab mr view $mr -F json | jq -r '.pipeline.status == "success" and .draft == false') == "true" ]]; then
     echo "Merging $mr..."
     ./tools/auto-merge.sh $mr