diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2fc16c1eb..4d5ebc94b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,18 +40,20 @@ jobs:
           echo "new_version=$($old_version + 1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo -n "$new_version" > dataVersionNumber.txt
 
-      - name: Commit and tag version - OneLifeData7
-        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
-        with:
-          cwd: OneLifeData7/
-          default_author: github_actions
-          message: Updatated dataVersionNumber to ${{ env.new_version }}
-          tag: ${{ env.tag_prefix }}${{ env.new_version }} -m "Tag automatically generated by GHA update script."
-          new_branch: test-release
+      # - name: Commit and tag version - OneLifeData7
+      #   uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+      #   with:
+      #     cwd: OneLifeData7/
+      #     default_author: github_actions
+      #     message: Updatated dataVersionNumber to ${{ env.new_version }}
+      #     tag: ${{ env.tag_prefix }}${{ env.new_version }} -m "Tag automatically generated by GHA update script."
+      #     new_branch: test-release
 
       - name: Tag version - OneLife
         run: |
+          gh auth status  
           git -C OneLife/ config user.name "github-actions"
           git -C OneLife/ config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git -C OneLife/ tag ${{ env.tag_prefix }}${{ env.new_version }} -m "Tag automatically generated by GHA update script."
+          gh auth status
           git -C OneLife/ push origin --tags