diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index eaca06244..b4db814e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ jobs:
         run: npx nx affected --target=test --parallel=3 --coverage
         continue-on-error: false
 
-      - name: Run Nx release dry-run (PR only)
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        run: npx nx release --dry-run --verbose
-
   # Job that runs ONLY after merge (on push to master)
   release:
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
@@ -76,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: '20'
           cache: 'yarn'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
@@ -90,11 +87,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 🚀 Run Nx Release
         run: |
-          git config --global user.email "marvusm.mmi@gmail.com"
-          git config --global user.name "Martin Marosi"
+          echo "registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/" >> .npmrc
+          git config --global user.email "${{ secrets.RELEASE_EMAIL }}"
+          git config --global user.name "${{ secrets.RELEASE_USERNAME }}"
 
-          npx nx release --skip-publish
-          npx nx release publish
+          npx nx release -y
         env:
           # NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/nx.json b/nx.json
index b5a20d543..256e96f52 100644
--- a/nx.json
+++ b/nx.json
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
     "version": {
       "conventionalCommits": true,
       "fallbackCurrentVersionResolver": "disk"
+    },
+    "git": {
+      "commit": true,
+      "commitMessage": "chore(release): publish {version} [skip ci]"
     }
   },
   "targetDefaults": {