diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-release.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-release.yml
index 66a65de..4d73a86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-release.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           mvn -B -ntp -Dstyle.color=always release:prepare
           VERSION=`cat release.properties | grep scm.tag= | cut -d'=' -f2`
           mvn -B -ntp -Dstyle.color=always release:perform
-          echo "Released version ${VERSION}. 🚀" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Released ${VERSION} 🚀" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
         env:
           GPG_PASSPHRASE: ''
           SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0ef544..0e949ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -224,7 +224,13 @@ jobs:
           server-username: SONATYPE_USERNAME
           server-password: SONATYPE_TOKEN
       - name: Release with Maven
-        run: 'mvn -B -ntp -Dstyle.color=always release:prepare release:perform'
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          mvn -B -ntp -Dstyle.color=always release:prepare
+          VERSION=`cat release.properties | grep scm.tag= | cut -d'=' -f2`
+          mvn -B -ntp -Dstyle.color=always release:perform
+          echo "Released ${VERSION} 🚀" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
         env:
           GPG_PASSPHRASE: ''
           SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}