diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 44f9cd1..72f2215 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ jobs:
           npm run lint
       - name: Update version
         run: |
+          user="giteaAdmin"
+          mail="gitea@local.domain"
           chmod +x update-version.sh
           ./update-version.sh patch    
       - name: Build and push
diff --git a/update-version.sh b/update-version.sh
index cc1e2a4..71c4ed4 100644
--- a/update-version.sh
+++ b/update-version.sh
@@ -14,3 +14,11 @@ echo "New version: $new_version"
 
 # Update package.json
 jq ".version = \"$new_version\"" package.json > temp.json && mv temp.json package.json
+
+# Optional: Commit and tag
+git config --global user.email ${email}
+git config --global user.name ${user}
+git add package.json
+git commit -m "Bump version to $new_version"
+git tag -a "v$new_version" -m "Release version $new_version"
+git push main HEAD --tags
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