diff --git a/data-raw/upgrade.R b/data-raw/upgrade.R
index 157789722..7b38fc843 100644
--- a/data-raw/upgrade.R
+++ b/data-raw/upgrade.R
@@ -77,12 +77,10 @@ if (any(grepl("^src/", gert::git_status()$file))) {
   gert::git_branch_create(branch)
   gert::git_add("src")
 
-  commit_msg <- paste0("Upgrade bundled SQLite to ", version)
+  commit_msg <- paste0("feat: Upgrade bundled SQLite to ", version)
   message("Commit message: ", commit_msg)
   gert::git_commit(commit_msg)
 
-  title <- paste0("feat: ", commit_msg)
-
   # Force-pushing: this job is run daily, will give a daily notification
   # and still succeed
   message("Pushing branch")