diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml
index e25d139..9fcfec8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml
@@ -13,14 +13,21 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:    
+        ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}    
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
       with:
         node-version: 16
         cache: 'npm'
-    - name: Set env
-      run: echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV        
-    - name: Publish Package    
-      uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v1
+    - run: git config --global user.name "GitHub CD bot"
+    - run: git config --global user.email "github-cd-bot@example.com"        
+    - run: npm version ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}      
+    - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v1
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        tag: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+
+    # push the version changes to GitHub
+    - run: git push
+      env:
+        # The secret is passed automatically. Nothing to configure.
+        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}