diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 873343f..5b05331 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -75,13 +75,11 @@ jobs:
       with:
         ref: release
         fetch-depth: 0
-        persist-credentials: false
+        persist-credentials: true
         ssh-key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
     - name: Python Semantic Release
       id: release
       uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@v9.14.0
-      with:
-        ssh-key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
 
     - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.12.2