diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_qaqc.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_qaqc.yaml
index 4bf0ccc..92ca4d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_qaqc.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_qaqc.yaml
@@ -29,32 +29,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           poetry install --no-root --with dev
           poetry run pytest
-  badge:
-    # only run on pushes to main
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'main' }}
 
-    name: update coverage badge
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    # requires the pytest job above
-    needs: tests
-
-    steps:
       - name: Build badge
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'main' }}
         run: |
           poetry run coverage-badge -f -o docs/assets/badges/coverage.svg
           echo '<!-- timestamp: '"$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"' -->' >> docs/assets/badges/coverage.svg
-
-      - name: Check-in Coverage Badge
-        run: |
-          if [ -z "${{ github.head_ref }}" ];
-          then
-            echo "Not a pull request, skipping badge update."
-            exit 0
-          else
-            git config user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
-            git config user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
-            git add docs/assets/badges/coverage.svg
-            git commit -m "Update coverage badge"
-            git push origin HEAD:${{ github.head_ref }}
-          fi
+          git config user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
+          git config user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add docs/assets/badges/coverage.svg
+          git commit -m "Update coverage badge"
+          git push origin HEAD:${{ github.head_ref }}
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index bd381be..3959175 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ The versioning pattern is `YYYY.MM.DD.micro(a/b/{none if release})
 
 ---
 
+## [2025.08.14.1a]
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Conditional coverage badge update only when pulling to main
+
 ## [2025.08.14.0a]
 
 - Updates to documentation
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d14ca25..05ba1ee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,66 +1,66 @@
-[project]
-name = "cfa.dataops"
-version = "2025.08.14.0a"
-description = "Data cataloging, ETL, modeling, verification, and validation for CFA"
-authors = [
-    { name = "Phil Rogers", email = "ap66@cdc.gov" },
-    { name = "Ryan Raasch", email = "xng3@cdc.gov" },
-]
-readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.11"
-dependencies = [
-    "cfa-azure @ git+https://github.com/CDCgov/cfa_azure.git",
-    "tomli (>=2.2.1,<3.0.0)",
-    "httpx (>=0.28.1,<0.29.0)",
-    "mako (>=1.3.9,<2.0.0)",
-    "duckdb (>=1.2.0,<2.0.0)",
-    "tqdm (>=4.67.1,<5.0.0)",
-    "pyarrow (>=19.0.1,<20.0.0)",
-    "fastparquet (>=2024.11.0,<2025.0.0)",
-    "matplotlib (~=3.9)",
-    "pandas (>=2.2.3)",
-    "polars (>=1.26.0)",
-    "tqdm (>=4.67.0)",
-    "altair (>=5.5.0,<6.0.0)",
-    "vl-convert-python (>=1.7.0,<2.0.0)",
-    "pypdf (>=5.5.0,<6.0.0)",
-    "dynode @ git+https://github.com/CDCgov/DynODE@main",
-    "pandera[pandas] (>=0.24.0)",
-    "papermill (>=2.6.0,<3.0.0)",
-    "ipywidgets (>=8.1.7,<9.0.0)",
-    "itables (>=2.4.4,<3.0.0)",
-    "ipykernel (>=6.30.0,<7.0.0)",
-    "nbconvert (>=7.16.6,<8.0.0)",
-    "jupyter (>=1.1.1,<2.0.0)",
-    "jupyterlab (>=4.4.5,<5.0.0)",
-    "rich (>=14.1.0,<15.0.0)",
-]
-
-[tool.poetry]
-packages = [{ include = "cfa" }]
-
-
-[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
-ruff = "^0.9.9"
-pytest = "^8.3.5"
-pytest-mock = "^3.14.0"
-pytest-cov = "^6.1.1"
-hypothesis = "^6.133.0"
-faker = "^37.3.0"
-coverage-badge = "^1.1.2"
-
-[tool.poetry.group.mkdocs.dependencies]
-mkdocs = "^1.6.1"
-mkdocs-material = "^9.6.16"
-mkdocstrings = { extras = ["python"], version = "^0.30.0" }
-mdx-truly-sane-lists = "^1.3"
-
-[build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core>=2.0.0,<3.0.0"]
-build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
-
-[tool.poetry.scripts]
-state_report_pdf = "cfa.dataops.workflows.post_processing.state_report_pdf:main"
-
-[tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "--doctest-modules -vv --cov=cfa --cov-report html --cov-report term"
+[project]
+name = "cfa.dataops"
+version = "2025.08.14.1a"
+description = "Data cataloging, ETL, modeling, verification, and validation for CFA"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Phil Rogers", email = "ap66@cdc.gov" },
+    { name = "Ryan Raasch", email = "xng3@cdc.gov" },
+]
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.11"
+dependencies = [
+    "cfa-azure @ git+https://github.com/CDCgov/cfa_azure.git",
+    "tomli (>=2.2.1,<3.0.0)",
+    "httpx (>=0.28.1,<0.29.0)",
+    "mako (>=1.3.9,<2.0.0)",
+    "duckdb (>=1.2.0,<2.0.0)",
+    "tqdm (>=4.67.1,<5.0.0)",
+    "pyarrow (>=19.0.1,<20.0.0)",
+    "fastparquet (>=2024.11.0,<2025.0.0)",
+    "matplotlib (~=3.9)",
+    "pandas (>=2.2.3)",
+    "polars (>=1.26.0)",
+    "tqdm (>=4.67.0)",
+    "altair (>=5.5.0,<6.0.0)",
+    "vl-convert-python (>=1.7.0,<2.0.0)",
+    "pypdf (>=5.5.0,<6.0.0)",
+    "dynode @ git+https://github.com/CDCgov/DynODE@main",
+    "pandera[pandas] (>=0.24.0)",
+    "papermill (>=2.6.0,<3.0.0)",
+    "ipywidgets (>=8.1.7,<9.0.0)",
+    "itables (>=2.4.4,<3.0.0)",
+    "ipykernel (>=6.30.0,<7.0.0)",
+    "nbconvert (>=7.16.6,<8.0.0)",
+    "jupyter (>=1.1.1,<2.0.0)",
+    "jupyterlab (>=4.4.5,<5.0.0)",
+    "rich (>=14.1.0,<15.0.0)",
+]
+
+[tool.poetry]
+packages = [{ include = "cfa" }]
+
+
+[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
+ruff = "^0.9.9"
+pytest = "^8.3.5"
+pytest-mock = "^3.14.0"
+pytest-cov = "^6.1.1"
+hypothesis = "^6.133.0"
+faker = "^37.3.0"
+coverage-badge = "^1.1.2"
+
+[tool.poetry.group.mkdocs.dependencies]
+mkdocs = "^1.6.1"
+mkdocs-material = "^9.6.16"
+mkdocstrings = { extras = ["python"], version = "^0.30.0" }
+mdx-truly-sane-lists = "^1.3"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=2.0.0,<3.0.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
+
+[tool.poetry.scripts]
+state_report_pdf = "cfa.dataops.workflows.post_processing.state_report_pdf:main"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = "--doctest-modules -vv --cov=cfa --cov-report html --cov-report term"