diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7ea6d8b..b8813ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Setup git user
+        shell: bash
+        run: git config user.email "chris@pdeep-blue.io" && git config user.name "Christopher Holder"
       - uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: 'npm'
 
+
       - name: Cache NPM dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         id: cache-primes
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
 #      - name: Test
 #        run: npx nx run-many -t test --configuration=ci
       - name: Release
-        run: npx nx version esbuild-meta
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: npx nx version esbuild-meta