diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 52fc595c96..a6c1243f64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Node.js v14
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
@@ -22,4 +23,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: "Frappe PR Bot"
+          GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: "developers@frappe.io"
+          GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: "Frappe PR Bot"
+          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: "developers@frappe.io"
         run: npx semantic-release 
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