diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8035816..075b5af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 ## **WORK IN PROGRESS**
 * New plugin `license` to check for outdated license years
 * New plugin `manual-review` to do manual changes before committing
+* Fix: `git` plugin never `amends` commits
 
 ## 3.0.0 (2021-09-15)
 * Split into plugins
diff --git a/packages/plugin-git/src/index.test.ts b/packages/plugin-git/src/index.test.ts
index 59274d1..3733773 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-git/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-git/src/index.test.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ This is the changelog.`);
 			);
 		});
 
-		it("amends the commit in lerna mode", async () => {
+		it("does not amend the commit, not even in lerna mode", async () => {
 			const gitPlugin = new GitPlugin();
 			const context = createMockContext({ plugins: [gitPlugin], cwd: testFSRoot });
 			const newVersion = "1.2.3";
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ This is the changelog.`);
 			context.sys.mockExec(() => "");
 
 			await gitPlugin.executeStage(context, DefaultStages.commit);
-			expect(context.sys.exec).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect(context.sys.exec).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
 				"git",
-				["commit", "--amend", "-F", ".commitmessage"],
+				expect.arrayContaining(["--amend"]),
 				expect.anything(),
 			);
 		});
diff --git a/packages/plugin-git/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-git/src/index.ts
index b8ef3d8..1266c38 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-git/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-git/src/index.ts
@@ -160,13 +160,11 @@ ${context.getData("changelog_new")}`;
 			await fs.writeFile(path.join(context.cwd, ".commitmessage"), commitMessage);
 		}
 
-		const lerna = context.hasData("lerna") && !!context.getData("lerna");
-
 		// And commit stuff
 		const newVersion = context.getData<string>("version_new");
 		const commands = [
 			["git", "add", "-A", "--", ":(exclude).commitmessage"],
-			["git", "commit", ...(lerna ? ["--amend"] : []), "-F", ".commitmessage"],
+			["git", "commit", "-F", ".commitmessage"],
 			["git", "tag", "-a", `v${newVersion}`, "-m", `v${newVersion}`],
 		];