diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yaml
index 14bf56c64ef..5686d79ebc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         id: activity_check
         run:   |
           curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/commits | jq -r '[.[]][0]' > $HOME/commit.json
-          date="$(jq -r '.commit.author.date' $HOME/commit.json)"
+          date="$(jq -r '.commit.committer.date' $HOME/commit.json)"
           timestamp=$(date --utc -d "$date" +%s)
           author="$(jq -r '.commit.author.name' $HOME/commit.json)"
           url="$(jq -r '.html_url' $HOME/commit.json)"