diff --git a/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-release.yml b/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-release.yml
index 948edb89..73bffb04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-release.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ on:
 jobs:
 
   test-nodejs:
+    # We just check the message of first commit as there is always just one commit because we squash into one before merging
+    # "commits" contains array of objects where one of the properties is commit "message"
+    # Release workflow will be skipped if release conventional commits are not used
+    if: |
+      startsWith( github.repository, 'asyncapi/' ) && 
+      (startsWith( github.event.commits[0].message , 'fix:' ) ||
+      startsWith( github.event.commits[0].message, 'fix!:' ) ||
+      startsWith( github.event.commits[0].message, 'feat:' ) ||
+      startsWith( github.event.commits[0].message, 'feat!:' ))
     name: Test NodeJS release on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy: