diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f922992..fd7f5c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ jobs:
     
     permissions:
       contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
       
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
+        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         
     - name: Get latest tag
       id: get_tag
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         
-    - name: Update version in pyproject.toml
+    - name: Update version in pyproject.toml (for release artifacts only)
       if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
       run: |
         # Update version in pyproject.toml (remove 'v' prefix for Python versioning)
@@ -213,19 +215,8 @@ jobs:
         
         if [ -f "pyproject.toml" ]; then
           sed -i "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"$PYTHON_VERSION\"/" pyproject.toml
-          echo "Updated pyproject.toml version to $PYTHON_VERSION"
+          echo "Updated pyproject.toml version to $PYTHON_VERSION (for release artifacts only)"
         fi
         
-    - name: Commit version update
-      if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-      run: |
-        git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
-        git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
-        
-        if git diff --quiet; then
-          echo "No changes to commit"
-        else
-          git add pyproject.toml
-          git commit -m "chore: bump version to ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.new_version }}"
-          git push
-        fi
+    # Note: No longer committing version changes back to main branch
+    # The version is only updated in the release artifacts