diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb
index 8c417a4f63..a68aa0829e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ module Homebrew
               nil
             end
 
-            if github_release_data.present?
+            if github_release_data.present? && github_release_data["body"].present?
               pre = "pre" if github_release_data["prerelease"].present?
               # maximum length of PR body is 65,536 characters so let's truncate release notes to half of that.
               body = Formatter.truncate(github_release_data["body"], max: 32_768)