diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml
index 9a884d7..80bf356 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ jobs:
             if [[ current_version == *${PREID}* ]]; then
               echo "first prerelease version"
               # if the current version is a prerelease, we can just bump the prerelease number
-              new_version=$(npm version prerelease --sign-git-tag)
+              new_version=$(npm version prerelease --sign-git-tag -m "Create prererelease version %s" )
             else
               echo "subsequent prerelease version"
               # if the current version is not a prerelease, we need to add a prerelease number
-              new_version=$(npm version --preid=${PREID} pre${{ inputs.semver_type }} --sign-git-tag)
+              new_version=$(npm version --preid=${PREID} pre${{ inputs.semver_type }} --sign-git-tag -m "Create prererelease version %s" )
             fi
           else
             echo "creating new release"
-            new_version=$(npm version ${{ inputs.semver_type }} --sign-git-tag )
+            new_version=$(npm version ${{ inputs.semver_type }} --sign-git-tag -m "Release version %s" )
           fi
           echo "Created version ${new_version}"
           git push && git push --tags