diff --git a/.github/scripts/update-version.sh b/.github/scripts/update-version.sh
index 5158684..cd60431 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/update-version.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/update-version.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 if [ ! -z $(git diff --name-only HEAD HEAD~1 | grep build.gradle) ]; then
   new_version="$(git log -n1 --format=format:"%H")"
   sed --in-place "s!//version:.*!//version: $new_version!g" build.gradle
-  
-  git config user.email "johann.bernhardt@tum.de"
-  git config user.name "Github CI Worker"
-  
   git add build.gradle
   git commit -m "[ci skip] update build script version to $new_version"
-  git push
+  git push origin ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
   echo "Updated buildscript version to $new_version"; 
 else
   echo "Ignored buildscript version update: no changes detected"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repository-specific.yml b/.github/workflows/repository-specific.yml
index 958eceb..0780ad2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repository-specific.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repository-specific.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
+     - name: setup git config
+       run: |
+         git config user.name "GitHub CI Bot"
+         git config user.email "<>"
 
       - name: Ensure build script version is up to date
         run: .github/scripts/update-version.sh
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 696fda4..715ee07 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//version: commit hash placeholder; dummy changes to test automatic version update
+//version: commit hash placeholder
 /*
 DO NOT CHANGE THIS FILE!