diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-kube-stack-version.yml b/.github/workflows/update-kube-stack-version.yml
index f29fe1ff2b..4e04df1139 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-kube-stack-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-kube-stack-version.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check for changes
       id: verify-changed-files
       run: |
-        if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+        # Check if there are commits ahead of the remote HEAD
+        REMOTE_HEAD=$(git ls-remote --symref origin HEAD | awk '/^ref:/ {print $2}' | sed 's|refs/heads/||')
+        COMMITS_AHEAD=$(git rev-list --count origin/$REMOTE_HEAD..HEAD)
+        if [ "$COMMITS_AHEAD" -gt 0 ]; then
           echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         else
           echo "changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/docset.yml b/docset.yml
index a904166be5..ba002386d7 100644
--- a/docset.yml
+++ b/docset.yml
@@ -295,5 +295,5 @@ subs:
   intake-apis: https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/observability-serverless/
   models-app: "Trained Models"
   agent-builder: "Elastic Agent Builder"
-  kube-stack-version: 0.6.3
+  kube-stack-version: 0.9.1