diff --git a/ci/pipeline.yml b/ci/pipeline.yml
index 8a29e85e..68a8ea12 100644
--- a/ci/pipeline.yml
+++ b/ci/pipeline.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ anchors:
   git-repo-resource-source: &git-repo-resource-source
     uri: ((github-repo))
     username: ((github-username))
-    password: ((github-password))
+    password: ((github-ci-release-token))
     branch: ((branch))
   registry-image-resource-source: &registry-image-resource-source
     username: ((docker-hub-username))
diff --git a/ci/scripts/stage.sh b/ci/scripts/stage.sh
index 32f2233c..2d36e475 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/stage.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/stage.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ echo "Staging $stageVersion (next version will be $nextVersion)"
 
 set_revision_to_pom "$stageVersion"
 git config user.name "Spring Buildmaster" > /dev/null
-git config user.email "buildmaster@springframework.org" > /dev/null
+git config user.email "spring-buildmaster@users.noreply.github.com" > /dev/null
 git add pom.xml > /dev/null
 git commit -m"Release v$stageVersion" > /dev/null
 git tag -a "v$stageVersion" -m"Release v$stageVersion" > /dev/null