diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5d017f34..f371fbff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
           sed -i -e "s@\(<version>\)\([0-9].[0-9].[0-9]\(-[A-z0-9]*\)*\)\(</version>\)@\1${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.MVN_VERSION }}\4@g" README.md
           sed -i -e "s@\(version: '\)\([0-9].[0-9].[0-9]\(-[A-z0-9]*\)*\)\('\)@\1${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.MVN_VERSION }}\4@g" README.md
           git add README.md
-          git commit -Ss -m "Update version in README"
+          git commit -sS -m "Update version in README" || true
           git push
 
       # Required for creation of GitHub release