diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 135546a5..94c97b63 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ VERSION="${npm_package_version?This script must be called using npm}"
 ROOTDIR=$PWD
 SVNROOT=$(cd "$ROOTDIR" && cd ../SVN && pwd || exit)
 
+# shellcheck source=../.env
+. "$ROOTDIR"/.env
+
 # Make sure svn repo is up to date
 cd "$SVNROOT" || exit
-svn update
+
+svn update \
+	--username "${SVN_USER:?SVN_USER not defined in env}" \
+	--password "${SVN_PASS:?SVN_PASS not defined in env}"
 
 # Delete entire trunk directory
 rm -rf trunk/*
@@ -25,4 +31,7 @@ svn stat | grep -Po '^!.+' | awk '{print $2}' | xargs svn rm
 svn stat | grep -Po '^\?.+' | awk '{print $2}' | xargs svn add
 
 # Commit the changes
-svn commit -m "Release $VERSION"
+svn commit \
+	--username "$SVN_USER" \
+	--password "$SVN_PASS" \
+	-m "Release $VERSION"
diff --git a/src/readme.txt b/src/readme.txt
index e104abd4..422242f0 100644
--- a/src/readme.txt
+++ b/src/readme.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Donate link: https://donorbox.org/academic-bloggers-toolkit
 Tags: academia, academic, bibliographies, bibliography, bibtex, citation, citations, cite, citing, CSL, curriculum vitae, cv, doi, endnote, footnote, footnotes, journal, mendeley, papers, pmid, pmcid, publications, publish, pubmed, reference, reference list, reference manager, references, referencing, ris, scholar, scholarly, zotero
 Requires at least: 5.0
 Tested up to: 5.0
-Requires PHP: 7.2
+Requires PHP: 7.0
 Stable tag: {{VERSION}}
 
 A plugin extending the functionality of Wordpress for academic blogging.