diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ed0f211..10f50db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ env.version }}
 
-      - name: Commit updated Cargo.toml
-        run: |
-          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git commit -am "Set version to $VERSION for release"
-          git push HEAD:${{ github.ref_name }}
-
       # fixes missing libclang error
       - name: Setup | libncurses5
         run: sudo apt-get install libncurses5