diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump_release.yml b/.github/workflows/bump_release.yml
index ada5f1a..d3c44b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump_release.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make_release.yml b/.github/workflows/make_release.yml
index 6eb9379..314c182 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make_release.yml
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git pull
           semantic-release --dry-run --no-ci
-          NEXT_VERSION=$(grep -Po 'Version:([ ]*)?(.*)' "style.css" | tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f2)
+          export NEXT_VERSION=$(grep -Po 'Version:([ ]*)?(.*)' "style.css" | tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f2)
           git checkout -b "release-${NEXT_VERSION}"
-          sed -i "s/Version: .*/Version: release-${NEXT_VERSION}/" style.css
           git add style.css
-          NEED_COMMIT=$(git diff --name-status --cached --exit-code 1>/dev/null; echo $?;)
-          if [[ $NEED_COMMIT == 1 ]]
-          then
-            git commit -m "ci(develop): preparing release branch release-${NEXT_VERSION}"
-          fi
-          git push origin release-${NEXT_VERSION}
+          git commit -m "ci(develop): preparing release branch release-${NEXT_VERSION}" || true
+
+      - name: Git push changes
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          branch: release-${NEXT_VERSION}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
index 2273f9b..6b83c55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
@@ -41,21 +41,20 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "github-ci-bot"
 
       - name: Merging release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           git fetch
           git rev-parse --verify ${{ inputs.targetBranch }} && git branch -D ${{ inputs.targetBranch }}
           git checkout --force --track origin/${{ inputs.targetBranch }}
           git reset --hard origin/${{ inputs.targetBranch }}
           git merge --no-ff --no-edit --no-commit origin/${{ github.ref_name }}
-          NEED_COMMIT=$(git diff --name-status --cached --exit-code 1>/dev/null; echo $?;)
-          if [[ $NEED_COMMIT == 1 ]]
-          then
-            git commit -m "ci(${{ github.ref_name }}): merging prepared release"
-            git push origin ${{ inputs.targetBranch }}
-          else
-            echo "> no changes to be commited on ${{ inputs.targetBranch }}"
-            echo "> no new release to bump"
-          fi
-          # delete release branch
-          git branch -D ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          git commit -m "ci(${{ github.ref_name }}): merging prepared release" \
+            || echo "> no changes to be commited on ${{ inputs.targetBranch }} - no new release to bump"
           git push --delete origin ${{ github.ref_name }}
+
+      - name: Git push changes
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          branch: ${{ inputs.targetBranch }}