diff --git a/action/index.cjs b/action/index.cjs
index 9d5b763..f9482b5 100644
--- a/action/index.cjs
+++ b/action/index.cjs
@@ -188167,8 +188167,12 @@ const robot = (app) => {
                     return;
                 }
                 const tokensDirectories = (response.data && response.data.length) ? response.data : [];
-                const subdirectories = tokensDirectories.filter((content) => content?.type === "dir" && content?.name?.startsWith(tokenTicker));
-                if (subdirectories.length) {
+                const subdirectoriesWithSameTicker = tokensDirectories.filter((content) => content?.type === "dir" && content?.name?.startsWith(tokenTicker));
+                if (subdirectoriesWithSameTicker.length) {
+                    if (subdirectoriesWithSameTicker[0].name === tokenName) {
+                        // it's just an update to the same token
+                        return;
+                    }
                     await fail(`Token with ticker ${tokenTicker} already exists!`);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index d924ed2..1fef63f 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -239,11 +239,16 @@ export const robot = (app: Probot) => {
             return;
           }
           const tokensDirectories = (response.data && (response.data as any[]).length) ? response.data as any[] : [];
-          const subdirectories = tokensDirectories.filter(
+          const subdirectoriesWithSameTicker = tokensDirectories.filter(
             (content) => content?.type === "dir" && content?.name?.startsWith(tokenTicker),
           );
 
-          if (subdirectories.length) {
+          if (subdirectoriesWithSameTicker.length) {
+            if (subdirectoriesWithSameTicker[0].name === tokenName) {
+              // it's just an update to the same token
+              return;
+            }
+
             await fail(`Token with ticker ${tokenTicker} already exists!`);
           }
         }