diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_version_script.py b/.github/workflows/dev_version_script.py
index 033296e33f..907996aa06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_version_script.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_version_script.py
@@ -94,7 +94,14 @@ def update_prerelease_version(repo_root_path: Path, version: Version):
     # Only attempt to bump the version if the pull_request is:
     #  - A prerelease, has `X.Y.Z-prerelease` in _version.py
     #  - The prerelease startswith `dev`. We do not want to auto bump for non-dev prerelease.
-    if pr_version.prerelease and pr_version.prerelease.startswith(DEV_PRERELEASE_TAG_PREFIX):
+    # However,
+    #  If a PR is of a higher version AND the prerelease tag is reset, then do nothing
+    #  This captures the case during release where we might bump the release version
+    #  within a PR and reset tag back to dev0
+    if pr_version > master_version and pr_version.prerelease and pr_version.prerelease == DEV_PRERELEASE_TAG_START:
+        print("This Pull Request is upgrading the package version to next release ... skipping bumping!")
+        print("If this is happening in error, please report it to the PennyLane team!")
+    elif pr_version.prerelease and pr_version.prerelease.startswith(DEV_PRERELEASE_TAG_PREFIX):
         # If master branch does not have a prerelease (for any reason) OR does not have an ending number
         # Then default to the starting tag
         if not master_version.prerelease or master_version.prerelease == DEV_PRERELEASE_TAG_PREFIX: