diff --git a/.github/workflows/_update_release_metadata.yaml b/.github/workflows/_update_release_metadata.yaml
index e3e80bc9..f61a91e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_update_release_metadata.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_update_release_metadata.yaml
@@ -79,16 +79,18 @@ jobs:
                 run: jq '.version = "${{ needs.release_metadata.outputs.version_number }}"' server.json > server.json.tmp && mv server.json.tmp server.json
 
             -   name: Update CHANGELOG.md
-                uses: DamianReeves/write-file-action@master
-                with:
-                    path: CHANGELOG.md
-                    write-mode: overwrite
-                    contents: ${{ needs.release_metadata.outputs.changelog }}
+                env:
+                    CHANGELOG_CONTENT: ${{ needs.release_metadata.outputs.changelog }}
+                run: printf '%s' "$CHANGELOG_CONTENT" > CHANGELOG.md
 
             -   name: Commit changes
                 id: commit
-                uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
-                with:
-                    author_name: Apify Release Bot
-                    author_email: noreply@apify.com
-                    message: "chore(release): Update changelog, package.json, manifest.json and server.json versions [skip ci]"
+                run: |
+                    git config user.name "Apify Release Bot"
+                    git config user.email "noreply@apify.com"
+                    git add -A
+                    if ! git diff --staged --quiet; then
+                        git commit -m "chore(release): Update changelog, package.json, manifest.json and server.json versions [skip ci]"
+                        git push
+                        echo "commit_long_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+                    fi