diff --git a/lib/coa/env_bootstrapper/git.rb b/lib/coa/env_bootstrapper/git.rb
index d1a365311..4c056fac1 100644
--- a/lib/coa/env_bootstrapper/git.rb
+++ b/lib/coa/env_bootstrapper/git.rb
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ def init_and_push(repo_path, repo_name)
         Dir.chdir repo_path do
           submodule_commit_reference = templates_coa_reference_dataset_submodule_sha1(coa_submodule_path, repo_path)
           reference_commit = run_cmd "git log -1 --oneline", fail_silently: true
-          reference_commit.gsub('[skip ci]', '')
+          reference_commit = reference_commit.gsub('[skip ci]', '')
+          reference_commit = reference_commit.gsub('[ci skip]', '')
           run_cmd "git init ."
           run_cmd "git config --local user.email 'coa_env_bootstrapper@example.com'"
           run_cmd "git config --local user.name 'Fake User For COA Bootstrapper Pipeline'"