fix: Allow linked-versions to skip merging pull requests

[luxaritas]

Thank you for opening a Pull Request! Before submitting your PR, there are a few things you can do to make sure it goes smoothly:

• Make sure to open an issue as a bug/issue before writing your code! That way we can discuss the change, evaluate designs, and agree on the general idea [issue linked below, this was a tiny change so figured I'd go ahead and PR instead of waiting for discussion]
• Ensure the tests and linter pass
• Code coverage does not decrease (if any source code was changed)
• Appropriate docs were updated (if necessary)

Related: #1778

[luxaritas]

Hoping to follow up on this since it's been sitting for a bit!