diff --git a/release/release_bob.py b/release/release_bob.py
index fbf7690557295b2c6feec443089da0ef44a96a7b..a5dc8fe15a91c32b2919266bd678c1fe082bc8ad 100755
--- a/release/release_bob.py
+++ b/release/release_bob.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def release_package(gitpkg, tag_name, tag_comments_list):
     readme_content = _update_readme(readme_content, version=version_number)
     # commit and push changes
     commit_files(gitpkg, {'README.rst': readme_content, 'version.txt': version_number},
-                 'Increased stable version to %s [skip ci]' % version_number)
+                 'Increased stable version to %s' % version_number)
 
     # 2. Tag package with new tag and push
     print("creating tag {}".format(tag_name))