diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b3b2b01316..3fe81dbcd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ jobs:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           # setup the username and email. I tend to use 'GitHub Actions Bot' with no email by default
-          git config user.name "Budibase Release Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
+          git config --global user.name "Budibase Release Bot"
+          git config --global user.email "<>"
           echo //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN} >> .npmrc
           yarn release