diff --git a/spec/system.spec.js b/spec/system.spec.js
index f268f8e..16cdf99 100644
--- a/spec/system.spec.js
+++ b/spec/system.spec.js
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ describe('corp-semantic-release', function() {
   function expectedGitTag(expectedVersion) {
     // check for new commit
     let gitLog = shell.exec('git log | cat').stdout;
-    expect(gitLog).to.include(`chore(release): v${expectedVersion} [ci skip]`);
+    expect(gitLog).to.include(`chore(release): v${expectedVersion} [ci skip] ***NO_CI***`);
 
     let gitTag = shell.exec('git tag | cat').stdout;
     expect(gitTag).to.include('v' + expectedVersion);
diff --git a/src/lib/addFilesAndCreateTag.js b/src/lib/addFilesAndCreateTag.js
index 24f923a..aa16234 100644
--- a/src/lib/addFilesAndCreateTag.js
+++ b/src/lib/addFilesAndCreateTag.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module.exports = function addFilesAndCreateTag(newVersion, mockPush) {
   terminateProcess(code);
 
   // ###### Commit files #####
-  code = shell.exec('git commit -m "chore(release): ' + newVersion + ' [ci skip]"').code;
+  code = shell.exec('git commit -m "chore(release): ' + newVersion + ' [ci skip] ***NO_CI***"').code;
   terminateProcess(code);
 
   // ###### TAG NEW VERSION #####