diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index be1b463..438e109 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: 20
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - run: git config --global user.name "GitHub CD bot"
+      - run: git config --global user.email "github-cd-bot@example.com"
       - run: npx semantic-release
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.npm_token}}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      # push the version changes to GitHub
+      - run: git add package.json && git commit -m'update version' && git push
+        env:
+          # The secret is passed automatically. Nothing to configure.
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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