diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 207ff2e65..6e4eb1268 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
             fi
 
             # We always need to add '-stig-fips' suffix for corresponding image version
-            # TODO: do not DOCA Driver image for now because $SOURCE_REPO is null one Network Operator will support a new version format 
+            # TODO: do not DOCA Driver image for now because $SOURCE_REPO is null one Network Operator will support a new version format
             if [[ "$component" == *StigFips ]]; then
               component_tag="${COMPONENT_TAG}-stig-fips"
             else
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ jobs:
                 if echo "$EXCLUDE_CHART_FILES" | jq -e --arg value "$REL_PATH" 'index($value) != null' > /dev/null; then
                   echo "Exclude chart file $file from update"
                   git restore --staged $file
-                  git checkout $file
+                  git checkout $file || true
                 else
                   echo "Update chart file $file"
                 fi
diff --git a/deployment/network-operator/charts/sriov-network-operator/crds/k8s.cni.cncf.io_networkattachmentdefinitions_crd.yaml b/deployment/network-operator/charts/sriov-network-operator/crds/k8s.cni.cncf.io_networkattachmentdefinitions_crd.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5916055f0..000000000
--- a/deployment/network-operator/charts/sriov-network-operator/crds/k8s.cni.cncf.io_networkattachmentdefinitions_crd.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 NVIDIA
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
-kind: CustomResourceDefinition
-metadata:
-  name: network-attachment-definitions.k8s.cni.cncf.io
-spec:
-  group: k8s.cni.cncf.io
-  scope: Namespaced
-  names:
-    plural: network-attachment-definitions
-    singular: network-attachment-definition
-    kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
-    shortNames:
-    - net-attach-def
-  versions:
-    - name: v1
-      served: true
-      storage: true
-      schema:
-        openAPIV3Schema:
-          description: 'NetworkAttachmentDefinition is a CRD schema specified by the Network Plumbing
-            Working Group to express the intent for attaching pods to one or more logical or physical
-            networks. More information available at: https://github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multi-net-spec'
-          type: object
-          properties:
-            apiVersion:
-              description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this represen
-                tation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the
-                latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info:
-                https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
-              type: string
-            kind:
-              description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
-                object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
-                submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
-              type: string
-            metadata:
-              type: object
-            spec:
-              description: 'NetworkAttachmentDefinition spec defines the desired state of a network attachment'
-              type: object
-              properties:
-                config:
-                  description: 'NetworkAttachmentDefinition config is a JSON-formatted CNI configuration'
-                  type: string
diff --git a/hack/release.yaml b/hack/release.yaml
index 4c8255ca4..5863e65cb 100644
--- a/hack/release.yaml
+++ b/hack/release.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SriovNetworkOperator:
   sourceRepository: sriov-network-operator
   version: network-operator-v25.10.0-beta.5
   chartLocation: deployment/sriov-network-operator-chart
-  excludeChartFiles: ["Chart.yaml"]
+  excludeChartFiles: ["Chart.yaml", "crds/k8s.cni.cncf.io_networkattachmentdefinitions_crd.yaml"]
 SriovNetworkOperatorWebhook:
   image: sriov-network-operator-webhook
   repository: nvcr.io/nvstaging/mellanox