diff --git a/.github/workflow-config/release.yml b/.github/workflow-config/release.yml
index 1b75a7f5d..b0892d43c 100644
--- a/.github/workflow-config/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflow-config/release.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
     - name: push changelogs to devel
       shell:
-        cmd: "git checkout devel && git add changelogs CHANGELOG.rst && git commit -m 'add changelog {{ collection_version }}' && git push"
+        cmd: "git add changelogs CHANGELOG.rst && git commit -m 'add changelog {{ collection_version }}'"
         chdir: "{{ repo_base_dir }}"
 
     - name: git cleanup
diff --git a/.github/workflows/galaxy-release.yml b/.github/workflows/galaxy-release.yml
index 8d8099f29..f1f6c08d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/galaxy-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/galaxy-release.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v1
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
@@ -31,3 +32,9 @@ jobs:
           -e api_key=${{ secrets.ANSIBLE_GALAXY_APIKEY }}
           -e collection_repo=https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}
           --skip-tags=install,cleanup
+
+      - name: Push changes
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+        with:
+          branch: devel
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}