diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 06d59f9..453495c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Toolkit.run(async tools => {
       ['version', '--allow-same-version=true', '--git-tag-version=false', current])
     console.log('current:', current, '/', 'version:', version)
     let newVersion = execSync(`npm version --git-tag-version=false ${version}`).toString().trim()
-    await tools.runInWorkspace('git', ['commit', '-a', '-m', `"ci: ${commitMessage} ${newVersion}"`])
+    await tools.runInWorkspace('git', ['commit', '-a', '-m', `ci: ${commitMessage} ${newVersion}`])
 
     // now go to the actual branch to perform the same versioning
     await tools.runInWorkspace('git', ['checkout', currentBranch])
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Toolkit.run(async tools => {
     newVersion = execSync(`npm version --git-tag-version=false ${version}`).toString().trim()
     newVersion = `${process.env['INPUT_TAG-PREFIX']}${newVersion}`
     console.log('new version:', newVersion)
-    await tools.runInWorkspace('git', ['commit', '-a', '-m', `"ci: ${commitMessage} ${newVersion}"`])
+    await tools.runInWorkspace('git', ['commit', '-a', '-m', `ci: ${commitMessage} ${newVersion}`])
 
     const remoteRepo = `https://${process.env.GITHUB_ACTOR}:${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git`
     // console.log(Buffer.from(remoteRepo).toString('base64'))
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 621629e..efdcbad 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gh-action-bump-version",
-  "version": "5.0.18",
+  "version": "5.0.19",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ef15a84..56ab82f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gh-action-bump-version",
-  "version": "5.0.18",
+  "version": "5.0.19",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/phips28/gh-action-bump-version.git"