diff --git a/tools/release/stage-release.ts b/tools/release/stage-release.ts
index 14243857132..cca7fee01eb 100644
--- a/tools/release/stage-release.ts
+++ b/tools/release/stage-release.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class StageReleaseTask {
     }
 
     this.git.stageAllChanges();
-    // this.git.createNewCommit(`chore: bump version to ${newVersionName} w/ changelog`);
+    this.git.createNewCommit(`chore: bump version to ${newVersionName} w/ changelog`);
 
     console.info();
     console.info(green(`  ✓   Created the staging commit for: "${newVersionName}".`));