diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 444aa83..a31dfad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: "!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore') && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')"
+    if: "!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore') && !startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci') && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')"
     steps:
       - name: setup extensions
         uses: actions/checkout@v1
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
index ee5e7c6..e059e32 100644
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
       }
     ],
     "@semantic-release/github"
-  ]
+  ],
   "repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/IBM/scc-go-sdk.git"
 }