diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-release-candidate.yml
index 56ca8e8..0570d94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-release-candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-release-candidate.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ env:
   REPORTS_DIR: CI_reports
   DIST_DIR: dist
   DIST_ARTIFACT: python-dist
-  PYTHON_SEMANTIC_RELEASE_VERSION: "7.33.2"
+  PYTHON_SEMANTIC_RELEASE_VERSION: "7.34.6"
   PYTHON_VERSION_DEFAULT: "3.11"
   POETRY_VERSION: "1.4.1"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e1b1e6c..8e70a09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
-  PYTHON_SEMANTIC_RELEASE_VERSION: "7.33.2"
   PYTHON_VERSION_DEFAULT: "3.11"
   POETRY_VERSION: "1.4.1"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 56e3a82..57a12a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
-version_variable = [
-    "pyproject.toml:version"
-]
+# see https://python-semantic-release.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
+# currently running in CI: v7.34.6
+commit_message = "chore(release): {version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-release"
+version_toml = "pyproject.toml:tool.poetry.version"
 branch = "main"
 upload_to_pypi = true
 upload_to_release = true