diff --git a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
index 0243765a..1e40e315 100644
--- a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
+++ b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
@@ -25,28 +25,19 @@ class SemanticReleasingExecutor {
 
     steps.dir(steps.env.workroot) {
       steps.withCredentials([steps.usernamePassword(credentialsId: credentialsId, passwordVariable: 'GIT_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'GIT_USERNAME')]) {
+        steps.env.GIT_CREDENTIALS = "${steps.env.GIT_USERNAME}:${steps.env.GIT_PASSWORD}"-
         steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release requirements...")
         steps.sh "apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl wget gnupg"
-        steps.log.warn("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Setting up git credentials, execute workaround for semantic-release integrate with Azure DevOps")
-        // TODO: This should be supported by semantic-release itself, not a workaround here
-        steps.sh "git config --global http.extraheader \"AUTHORIZATION: Bearer ${steps.env.GIT_PASSWORD}\""
         steps.writeFile file: '.releaserc.json', text: steps.libraryResource(config)
         steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release plugins...")
         steps.sh "npm install -g ${plugins.join(' ')}"
         steps.sh "git config --global --add safe.directory ${steps.env.workroot}"
-        // TODO: Workaround for semantic-release not committing changes
-        steps.sh "git config user.name \"freeleaps-gitops-bot\""
-        steps.sh "git config user.email \"gitops@mathmast.com\""
-        steps.sh "semantic-release --debug --no-ci"
+        steps.sh "semantic-release --debug"
         steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Semantic release completed, read latest version from VERSION file")
         def released = steps.sh(script: 'test -f "VERSION"', returnStatus: true) == 0
         if (released) {
           steps.env.LATEST_VERSION = steps.readFile('VERSION').trim()
           steps.env.SEMANTIC_RELEASED = true
-          // TODO: Workaround for semantic-release not committing changes
-          def repoUrl = steps.sh(script: 'git config --get remote.origin.url', returnStdout: true).trim()
-          steps.sh "git remote add ci_origin ${repoUrl}"
-          steps.sh "git push ci_origin HEAD:master"
         }
       }
     }