diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
index 591e9636a..863413a05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
@@ -140,12 +140,6 @@ jobs:
           python -m scripts.bump_version_in_docs
           git add docs/*
 
-      - name: Evaluate | Verify upstream has NOT changed
-        # Last chance to abort before causing an error as another PR/push was applied to the upstream branch
-        # while this workflow was running. This is important because we are committing a version change
-        shell: bash
-        run: bash .github/workflows/verify_upstream.sh
-
       - name: Release | Python Semantic Release
         id: release
         uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@02f2a5c74dbb6aa2989f10fc4af12cd8e6bf025f  # v10.5.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_upstream.sh b/.github/workflows/verify_upstream.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 8444eba57..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_upstream.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eu +o pipefail
-
-# Example output of `git status -sb`:
-#   ## master...origin/master [behind 1]
-#   M .github/workflows/verify_upstream.sh
-UPSTREAM_BRANCH_NAME="$(git status -sb | head -n 1 | awk -F '\\.\\.\\.' '{print $2}' | cut -d ' ' -f1)"
-printf '%s\n' "Upstream branch name: $UPSTREAM_BRANCH_NAME"
-
-set -o pipefail
-
-if [ -z "$UPSTREAM_BRANCH_NAME" ]; then
-    printf >&2 '%s\n' "::error::Unable to determine upstream branch name!"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-git fetch "${UPSTREAM_BRANCH_NAME%%/*}"
-
-if ! UPSTREAM_SHA="$(git rev-parse "$UPSTREAM_BRANCH_NAME")"; then
-    printf >&2 '%s\n' "::error::Unable to determine upstream branch sha!"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-HEAD_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-
-if [ "$HEAD_SHA" != "$UPSTREAM_SHA" ]; then
-    printf >&2 '%s\n' "[HEAD SHA] $HEAD_SHA != $UPSTREAM_SHA [UPSTREAM SHA]"
-    printf >&2 '%s\n' "::error::Upstream has changed, aborting release..."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-printf '%s\n' "Verified upstream branch has not changed, continuing with release..."