diff --git a/ci/build/release-prep.sh b/ci/build/release-prep.sh
index 91189fb53..671791e5c 100755
--- a/ci/build/release-prep.sh
+++ b/ci/build/release-prep.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ main() {
   echo -e "Great! We'll prep a PR for updating to $CODE_SERVER_VERSION_TO_UPDATE\n"
   $CMD rg -g '!yarn.lock' -g '!*.svg' -g '!CHANGELOG.md' --files-with-matches --fixed-strings "${CODE_SERVER_CURRENT_VERSION}" | $CMD xargs sd "$CODE_SERVER_CURRENT_VERSION" "$CODE_SERVER_VERSION_TO_UPDATE"
 
-  $CMD git commit -am "chore(release): bump version to $CODE_SERVER_VERSION_TO_UPDATE"
+  $CMD git commit --no-verify -am "chore(release): bump version to $CODE_SERVER_VERSION_TO_UPDATE"
 
   # This runs from the root so that's why we use this path vs. ../../
   RELEASE_TEMPLATE_STRING=$(cat ./.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/release_template.md)