diff --git a/.github/workflows/Release-time-tracker-ui.yml b/.github/workflows/Release-time-tracker-ui.yml
index 0feb43d99..23276d31f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Release-time-tracker-ui.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Release-time-tracker-ui.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install
       - name: Run Semantic-release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
         run: npx semantic-release
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df61540d4..82cdff836 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
   },
   "config": {
     "commit-message-validator": {
-      "pattern": "^((TT-)[0-9].*(fix: |feat: |perf: |build: |ci: |docs: |refactor: |style: |test: ))",
+      "pattern": "^(fix: TT-|feat: TT-|perf: TT-|build: TT-|ci: TT-|docs: TT-|refactor: TT-|style: TT-|test: TT-)[0-9].*",
       "errorMessage": "Your commit message needs to start with TT-number fix:, feat:, or perf: followed by any commit message, e.g. TT-43 fix: any commit message"
     }
   },