diff --git a/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml
index ba10251..540ef2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           cache: maven
 
-      - name: Set Git user for release
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions@github.com"
-          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
-
       - name: Grant execute permission for Maven Wrapper
         run: chmod +x ./mvnw
 
@@ -41,3 +36,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Releasing and bumping version..."
           ./mvnw release:prepare release:perform -Darguments=-DskipTests -B
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4922c4a..bc52b11 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.appsflyer</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-sdk-java-opentelemetry-metrics</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>AWS SDK Java OpenTelemetry Metrics</name>
     <description>OpenTelemetry Metric Publisher for AWS SDK for Java</description>
     <url>https://github.com/AppsFlyer/aws-sdk-java-opentelemetry-metrics</url>
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
         <url>https://github.com/AppsFlyer/aws-sdk-java-opentelemetry-metrics.git</url>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/AppsFlyer/aws-sdk-java-opentelemetry-metrics.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/AppsFlyer/aws-sdk-java-opentelemetry-metrics.git</developerConnection>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
-  </scm>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    </scm>
 
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>