diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index c5656ee..7a3b83d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
 
+      - name: semantic release
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          npx semantic-release
+
       # TODO extract dedicated action
-      - name: download tea cli
+      - name: setup tea cli
         shell: bash
         env:
           TEA_VERSION: 0.9.2
@@ -20,15 +25,9 @@ jobs:
           wget https://dl.gitea.com/tea/${TEA_VERSION}/tea-${TEA_VERSION}-linux-386
           mv tea* tea
           chmod +x tea
-          ls -l
-
-      - name: tea login
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
           ./tea login add --url ${{ github.server_url }} --token ${{ github.token }}
 
       - name: close issue
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          echo "tea i close ${{ github.event.issue.id }}"
           ./tea i close ${{ github.event.issue.number }}