diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
index c4d17e53..1bfe75c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Get merge message
       run: |
+        git log -1 --pretty=format:\"%s\"
         echo "Merge message is ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
-      shell: cmd
 
       # Create a semantically versioned tag using lastTag-COMMIT_COUNT-COMMIT_HASH, e.g., 1.2.3-32-hashvalue unless a new tag has been created manually.
     # - name: Create SemVer tag