diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a284db39..93ccdb0e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@ release:
     - export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" &&. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" && nvm install 8
   cache: {}
   script:
-    - npm install -g semantic-release @semantic-release/commit-analyzer @semantic-release/release-notes-generator @semantic-release/changelog @semantic-release/exec @semantic-release/git @semantic-release/gitlab 
+    - npm install -g semantic-release @semantic-release/commit-analyzer @semantic-release/release-notes-generator @semantic-release/changelog @semantic-release/exec @semantic-release/git @semantic-release/gitlab
+    - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+    #- echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null
+    - ssh-add <(echo "$GIT_SSH_KEY")
+    - ssh-keyscan $GITLAB_URL >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+    - git config --global user.email $GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
+    - git config --global user.name $GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
     - git checkout $CI_COMMIT_SHA
     - semantic-release
     - git checkout develop && git rebase master && git push origin develop