diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit-release.yml b/.github/workflows/commit-release.yml
index a1da27d9d1..3ff2f7170d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commit-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commit-release.yml
@@ -69,5 +69,6 @@ jobs:
           author_email: bot@openhab.org
           message: "Bump version to $GITHUB_REF and update fastlane metadata"
           signoff: true
+          branch: master
           tag: "${GITHUB_REF}-fdroid"
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}