diff --git a/modules/WingetMaintainerModule/Public/Test-ExistingPRs.ps1 b/modules/WingetMaintainerModule/Public/Test-ExistingPRs.ps1
index 4f34fe4..95ba350 100644
--- a/modules/WingetMaintainerModule/Public/Test-ExistingPRs.ps1
+++ b/modules/WingetMaintainerModule/Public/Test-ExistingPRs.ps1
@@ -30,12 +30,18 @@
 function Test-ExistingPRs {
     param(
         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $Version,
-        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string] $PackageIdentifier = ${Env:PackageName}
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string] $PackageIdentifier = ${Env:PackageName},
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [switch] $OnlyOpen
     )
     Write-Host "Checking for existing PRs for $PackageIdentifier $Version"
     $ExistingOpenPRs = gh pr list --search "$($PackageIdentifier) $($Version) in:title draft:false" --state 'open' --json 'title,url' --repo 'microsoft/winget-pkgs' | ConvertFrom-Json
+    if(!$OnlyOpen) {
     $ExistingMergedPRs = gh pr list --search "$($PackageIdentifier) $($Version) in:title draft:false" --state 'merged' --json 'title,url' --repo 'microsoft/winget-pkgs' | ConvertFrom-Json
-    $ExistingPRs = @($ExistingOpenPRs) + @($ExistingMergedPRs)    
+    $ExistingPRs = @($ExistingOpenPRs) + @($ExistingMergedPRs)  
+    }
+    else {
+        $ExistingPRs = @($ExistingOpenPRs)
+    }
 
     if ($ExistingPRs.Count -gt 0) {
         $ExistingPRs | ForEach-Object {
diff --git a/scripts/Update-AllPackageManifests.ps1 b/scripts/Update-AllPackageManifests.ps1
index c001c7f..18cbf33 100644
--- a/scripts/Update-AllPackageManifests.ps1
+++ b/scripts/Update-AllPackageManifests.ps1
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function Update-WingetPackage {
         $manifest = $manifestDict[$version]
         # Extract the installer links from the manifest
         $installerLinks = Export-InstallerLinks -Manifest $manifest
-        $prExists = Test-ExistingPRs -PackageIdentifier $PackageIdentifier -Version $version
+        $prExists = Test-ExistingPRs -PackageIdentifier $PackageIdentifier -Version $version -OnlyOpen
         if(!$prExists || $Submit -eq $false) {
         .\komac.exe update $PackageIdentifier --version $version --urls $installerLinks -o $OutputDir -t $Token ($Submit -eq $true ? '-s' : '--dry-run') ($resolves -match '^\d+$' ? "--resolves $resolves" : $null )
         }