diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cc291def7..1060aa97b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # This expects you to have a script called release which does a build for your packages and calls changeset publish
           publish: npm run release
+          commit: 'chore: release'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}