diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d49f2e7..d8511c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 📦 compile and create vsix
         run: npm run package
 
-      - name: 🎉 publish to marketplace
+      - name: 🚀 publish to marketplace
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.publishtovsm == true }}
         uses: HaaLeo/publish-vscode-extension@v0
         with:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           extensionFile: ./git-config-user-profiles-*.vsix
           packagePath: ""
 
-      - name: Create Release
+      - name: create release
         id: create_release
         uses: actions/create-release@v1
         env:
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
           draft: false
           prerelease: ${{ github.event.inputs.publishtovsm == false }} # pre-release when publishing to VS Marketplace is false
 
-      - name: Upload Release Asset
+      - name: 📦 upload vsix as release asset
         id: upload-release-asset
         uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
         env:
@@ -88,3 +88,11 @@ jobs:
           asset_path: ${{github.workspace}}/git-config-user-profiles-${{ env.VERSION }}.vsix
           asset_name: git-config-user-profiles-${{ env.VERSION }}.vsix
           asset_content_type: application/vsix
+
+      - name: commit package.json
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v7
+        with:
+          author_name: "Utkarsh Shigihalli"
+          author_email: onlyutkarsh@users.noreply.github.com
+          message: "bump to ${{ env.VERSION }}"
+          add: "package.json"