diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_frames_fix.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_frames_fix.py
index 837738eb06..ca1ccc19fd 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_frames_fix.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_frames_fix.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class CollectFramesFixDef(
             self.log.debug("last_version_published_files::{}".format(
                 instance.data["last_version_published_files"]))
 
-            if rewrite_version:
+            if self.rewrite_version_enable and rewrite_version:
                 instance.data["version"] = version["name"]
                 # limits triggering version validator
                 instance.data.pop("latestVersion")