diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws.yml b/.github/workflows/aws.yml
index 8f5c3ed..6735a7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Deploy to Amazon ECS
+name: Deploy to AWS
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
           aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
 
-      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
+      - name: Login to AWS ECR
         id: login-ecr
         uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
 
-      - name: Build and push new Docker image to Amazon ECR
+      - name: Build and Push New Docker Image to Amazon ECR
         id: build-image
         env:
           ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
@@ -56,7 +56,35 @@ jobs:
           docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64 --push -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG .
           echo "image=$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Register ECS Task Definition
+      - name: Check for task definition changes
+        id: check-task-def
+        run: |
+          # Enable error handling
+          set -e
+          set -o pipefail
+
+          # Fetch the latest task definition
+          LATEST_TASK_DEF=$(aws ecs describe-task-definition \
+            --task-definition ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }} \
+            --query 'taskDefinition')
+
+          # Strip out fields that change with every revision or are not part of the input JSON
+          STRIPPED_LATEST_TASK_DEF=$(echo "$LATEST_TASK_DEF" | jq 'del(.taskDefinitionArn, .revision, .status, .requiresAttributes, .registeredAt, .registeredBy)')
+
+          # Load the current task definition from the file
+          FILE_TASK_DEF=$(jq 'del(.family, .executionRoleArn, .revision, .status)' $ECS_TASK_DEFINITION)
+
+          # Compare the current task definition with the latest one
+          if [ "$STRIPPED_LATEST_TASK_DEF" = "$FILE_TASK_DEF" ]; then
+            echo "No changes to task definition, skipping registration."
+            echo "SKIP_REGISTRATION=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "Changes detected in task definition, registering new revision."
+            echo "SKIP_REGISTRATION=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
+      - name: Register ECS task definition
+        if: env.SKIP_REGISTRATION != 'true'
         id: register-task-def
         run: |
           # Enable error handling
@@ -64,24 +92,33 @@ jobs:
           set -o pipefail
 
           # Register the task definition with ECS and capture the revision number
-          TASK_DEFINITION_ARN=$(aws ecs register-task-definition 
-            --cli-input-json file://$ECS_TASK_DEFINITION 
-            --query 'taskDefinition.taskDefinitionArn' --output text)
+          TASK_DEFINITION_ARN=$(aws ecs register-task-definition --cli-input-json file://$ECS_TASK_DEFINITION --query 'taskDefinition.taskDefinitionArn' --output text)
 
           echo "TASK_DEFINITION_ARN=$TASK_DEFINITION_ARN" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Deploy to Amazon ECS
+      - name: Deploy to AWS ECS
         run: |
           # Enable error handling
           set -e
           set -o pipefail
 
+          # Use the latest task definition ARN or skip if registration was not necessary
+          if [ -z "${{ env.TASK_DEFINITION_ARN }}" ]; then
+            TASK_DEFINITION_ARN=$(aws ecs describe-services \
+              --cluster ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }} \
+              --services ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }} \
+              --query 'services[0].taskDefinition' --output text)
+          fi
+
           # Update the ECS service to use the latest task definition revision
-          aws ecs update-service 
-            --cluster ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }} 
-            --service ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }} 
-            --task-definition ${{ env.TASK_DEFINITION_ARN }} 
-            --force-new-deployment 
+          aws ecs update-service \
+            --cluster ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }} \
+            --service ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }} \
+            --task-definition $TASK_DEFINITION_ARN \
+            --force-new-deployment \
             --deployment-configuration minimumHealthyPercent=0,maximumPercent=100
-            --cluster ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }} 
+
+          # Wait until the service has stabilized
+          aws ecs wait services-stable \
+            --cluster ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }} \
             --services ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }}