diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
index e5d2865..d00b65f 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
     url: https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/version.json
   register: gitea_binary
 
+- name: Find if latest gitea version is installed
+  stat:
+    path: "/home/git/gitea-{{ gitea_binary.json.latest.version }}"
+  register: latest_gitea_binary
+
 - name: Set gitea binary architecture to amd64
   set_fact:
     gitea_binary_arch: amd64
@@ -95,6 +100,7 @@
     owner: git
     group: git
     mode: 0664
+  when: not latest_gitea_binary.stat.exists
   notify:
     - Receive gitea pgp key
     - Download gitea asc file