diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
index 36bf26652c..877dd73fdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
@@ -35,4 +35,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Tag prerelease
         run: |
+          # setup the username and email.
+          git config --global user.name "Budibase Staging Release Bot"
+          git config --global user.email "<>"
           yarn version --prerelease --cwd="./versions"