diff --git a/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/jira/Jira.java b/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/jira/Jira.java
index 18cf1e4..2584d40 100644
--- a/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/jira/Jira.java
+++ b/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/jira/Jira.java
@@ -366,16 +366,20 @@ class Jira implements JiraConnector {
 
 		// - mark version as releases
 
-		findJiraReleaseVersion(module).//
-				map(JiraReleaseVersion::markReleased).//
-				ifPresent(version -> {
+		HttpHeaders httpHeaders = newUserScopedHttpHeaders();
+
+		findJiraReleaseVersion(module) //
+				.filter(JiraReleaseVersion::isOpen) //
+				.map(JiraReleaseVersion::markReleased) //
+				.ifPresent(version -> {
 
 					logger.log(module, "Marking version %s as released.", version);
 
 					Map<String, Object> parameters = newUrlTemplateVariables();
 					parameters.put("id", version.getId());
 
-					operations.put(VERSION_TEMPLATE, version, parameters);
+					operations.exchange(VERSION_TEMPLATE, HttpMethod.PUT, new HttpEntity<Object>(version, httpHeaders), Map.class,
+							parameters);
 				});
 
 		// - if no next version exists, create
diff --git a/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/jira/JiraReleaseVersion.java b/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/jira/JiraReleaseVersion.java
index 3019687..9b22b9e 100644
--- a/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/jira/JiraReleaseVersion.java
+++ b/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/jira/JiraReleaseVersion.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.data.release.issues.jira;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import lombok.Value;
 
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.ModuleIteration;
@@ -48,4 +49,9 @@ class JiraReleaseVersion {
 	public boolean hasSameNameAs(JiraVersion jiraVersion) {
 		return getName().equals(jiraVersion.toString());
 	}
+
+	@JsonIgnore
+	public boolean isOpen() {
+		return !released;
+	}
 }