diff --git a/tasks/release.py b/tasks/release.py
index 50d1046f8bd4b8..3a0df5cb945d90 100644
--- a/tasks/release.py
+++ b/tasks/release.py
@@ -931,6 +931,10 @@ def check_for_changes(ctx, release_branch, warning_mode=False):
                     with clone(ctx, repo_name, repo['branch'], options="--filter=blob:none --no-checkout"):
                         # We can add the new commit now to be used by release candidate creation
                         print(f"Creating new tag {next_version} on {repo_name}", file=sys.stderr)
+                        ctx.run('git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"', hide=True)
+                        ctx.run(
+                            'git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"', hide=True
+                        )
                         ctx.run(f"git tag {next_version}")
                         ctx.run(f"git push origin tag {next_version}")
             # This repo has changes, the next check is not needed