diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2fc16c1e..d9709fa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,17 +37,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd OneLifeData7
           old_version=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match="2HOL_v[0-9]*" | sed -e "s/2HOL_v//")
-          echo "new_version=$($old_version + 1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "new_version=$(($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: |
@@ -55,3 +55,5 @@ jobs:
           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."
           git -C OneLife/ push origin --tags
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}