diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2fc16c1eb..01ce823d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd OneLifeData7
           old_version=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match="2HOL_v[0-9]*" | sed -e "s/2HOL_v//")
-          echo "new_version=$($old_version + 1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "new_version=$(($old_version + 1))" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo -n "$new_version" > dataVersionNumber.txt
 
       - name: Commit and tag version - OneLifeData7
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Tag version - OneLife
         run: |
-          git -C OneLife/ config user.name "github-actions"
-          git -C OneLife/ config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          ls -lah
+          cd OneLife
           git -C OneLife/ tag ${{ env.tag_prefix }}${{ env.new_version }} -m "Tag automatically generated by GHA update script."
           git -C OneLife/ push origin --tags
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}