diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index fea83d05..b33964ec 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -105629,13 +105629,12 @@ async function main(fetchOverride) {
     core.info(`Running release-please version: ${release_please_1.VERSION}`);
     const inputs = parseInputs();
     const github = await getGitHubInstance(inputs, fetchOverride);
+    const manifest = await loadOrBuildManifest(github, inputs);
     if (!inputs.skipGitHubRelease) {
-        const manifest = await loadOrBuildManifest(github, inputs);
         core.debug('Creating releases');
         outputReleases(await manifest.createReleases());
     }
     if (!inputs.skipGitHubPullRequest) {
-        const manifest = await loadOrBuildManifest(github, inputs);
         core.debug('Creating pull requests');
         outputPRs(await manifest.createPullRequests());
     }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 480dd3e4..5d440d84 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -137,15 +137,14 @@ export async function main(fetchOverride?: any) {
   core.info(`Running release-please version: ${VERSION}`)
   const inputs = parseInputs();
   const github = await getGitHubInstance(inputs, fetchOverride);
+  const manifest = await loadOrBuildManifest(github, inputs);
 
   if (!inputs.skipGitHubRelease) {
-    const manifest = await loadOrBuildManifest(github, inputs);
     core.debug('Creating releases');
     outputReleases(await manifest.createReleases());
   }
 
   if (!inputs.skipGitHubPullRequest) {
-    const manifest = await loadOrBuildManifest(github, inputs);
     core.debug('Creating pull requests');
     outputPRs(await manifest.createPullRequests());
   }