diff --git a/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewWeb/Controllers/AutoReviewController.cs b/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewWeb/Controllers/AutoReviewController.cs
index a53176e7e89..26dc1c50e1a 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewWeb/Controllers/AutoReviewController.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewWeb/Controllers/AutoReviewController.cs
@@ -44,21 +44,23 @@ public async Task<ActionResult> UploadAutoReview([FromForm] IFormFile file, stri
             }
             // Return internal server error for any unknown error
             return StatusCode(statusCode: StatusCodes.Status500InternalServerError);
-        }
+        }
 
         [HttpGet]
-        public async Task<ActionResult> GetReviewStatus(string language, string packageName, string reviewId = null)
+        public async Task<ActionResult> GetReviewStatus(string language, string packageName, string reviewId = null, bool? firstReleaseStatusOnly = null)
         {
             // This API is used by prepare release script to check if API review for a package is approved or not.
             // This caller script doesn't have artifact to submit and so it can't check using create review API
             // So it rely on approval status of latest revision of automatic review for the package
             // With new restriction of creating automatic review only from master branch or GA version, this should ensure latest revision
-            // is infact the version intended to be released.
+            // is infact the version intended to be released.
+
+            ReviewType filtertype = (firstReleaseStatusOnly == true) ? ReviewType.All : ReviewType.Automatic;
 
             ReviewModel review;
             if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(reviewId))
             {
-                IEnumerable<ReviewModel> reviews = await _reviewManager.GetReviewsAsync(false, language, packageName: packageName, ReviewType.Automatic);
+                IEnumerable<ReviewModel> reviews = await _reviewManager.GetReviewsAsync(false, language, packageName: packageName, filtertype);
                 review = reviews.FirstOrDefault();
             }
             else
@@ -68,9 +70,10 @@ public async Task<ActionResult> GetReviewStatus(string language, string packageN
 
             if (review != null)
             {
-                _logger.LogInformation("Found review ID " + review.ReviewId + " for package " + packageName);
+                _logger.LogInformation("Found review ID " + review.ReviewId + " for package " + packageName);
+
                 // Return 200 OK for approved review and 201 for review in pending status
-                if (review.Revisions.LastOrDefault().IsApproved)
+                if (firstReleaseStatusOnly != true && review.Revisions.LastOrDefault().IsApproved)
                 {
                     return Ok();
                 }