diff --git a/.github/actions/bump-version/action.yml b/.github/actions/bump-version/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8936004c..00000000
--- a/.github/actions/bump-version/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Bump version'
-description: 'Bump version in files'
-runs:
-    using: 'node20'
-    main: 'index.js'
diff --git a/.github/actions/bump-version/index.js b/.github/actions/bump-version/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 044a2b08..00000000
--- a/.github/actions/bump-version/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-const path = require('path');
-const core = require('@actions/core');
-const github = require('@actions/github');
-const exec = require('@actions/exec');
-
-const run = async () => {
-    core.info('Setup octokit');
-    const octokit = github.getOctokit(process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN);
-    const { owner, repo } = github.context.repo;
-
-    core.info('Fetch latest release info');
-    const latestRelease = await octokit.rest.repos.getLatestRelease({
-        owner,
-        repo,
-    });
-
-    core.info('Set variables');
-    const version = latestRelease.data.tag_name.slice(1);
-
-    core.info('Update files version field');
-    await exec.exec('node', [path.join(process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE, './scripts/update-version.js'), version]);
-
-    await exec.exec('git', ['config', '--global', 'user.name', 'github-actions[bot]']);
-    await exec.exec('git', ['config', '--global', 'user.email', '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com']);
-
-    const branch = `bump-version-${version}`;
-
-    // Delete the remote branch if it already exists (e.g. from a previous run)
-    await exec.exec('git', ['push', 'origin', '--delete', branch]).catch(() => {});
-
-    await exec.exec('git', ['checkout', '-B', branch]);
-    await exec.exec('git', ['commit', '-am', `chore: release ${version}`]);
-    await exec.exec('git', ['push', '-u', 'origin', branch]);
-    await exec.exec('gh', ['pr', 'create', '--fill']);
-};
-
-run()
-    .then(() => core.info('Updated files version successfully'))
-    .catch(error => core.setFailed(error.message));
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0a156886..2cfb3006 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@ jobs:
         run: npm ci
       - name: Run tests
         run: grunt test
-      # Release using semantic-relaease if there are new smenatic commits
+      # Release using semantic-release if there are new semantic commits.
+      # The @semantic-release/git plugin commits the version bump
+      # (package.json, package-lock.json, app/manifest.json, CHANGELOG.md)
+      # directly back to master.
       - name: Release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: npx semantic-release
-      - name: Bump Version
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        uses: ./.github/actions/bump-version
diff --git a/.releaserc.json b/.releaserc.json
index f14f306e..0644492a 100644
--- a/.releaserc.json
+++ b/.releaserc.json
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@
           "prepareCmd": "node ./scripts/update-version.js ${nextRelease.version} && npm i"
         }
     ],
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/git",
+      {
+        "assets": [
+          "package.json",
+          "package-lock.json",
+          "app/manifest.json",
+          "CHANGELOG.md"
+        ],
+        "message": "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version}"
+      }
+    ],
     [
       "@semantic-release/github",
       {