diff --git a/.github/workflows/on-push-to-main.yml b/.github/workflows/on-push-to-main.yml
index 49e551a7..7a3d52ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on-push-to-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on-push-to-main.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASING: true
 
   # TODO: do we want this?
   # docs:
diff --git a/.lefthook/commit-msg/commitlint.sh b/.lefthook/commit-msg/commitlint.sh
index 0a9c5a33..e53ec468 100755
--- a/.lefthook/commit-msg/commitlint.sh
+++ b/.lefthook/commit-msg/commitlint.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-echo $(head -n1 $1) | npx commitlint --color
+[[ -z "${RELEASING}" ]] && echo $(head -n1 $1) | npx commitlint --color || echo $(head -n1 $1)