diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 11ff63630..82d441212 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ jobs:
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@v1
         with:
+          # Use GitHub API commits so release PR commits are verified/signed.
+          commitMode: github-api
           # This expects you to have a script called release which does a build for your packages and calls changeset publish
           publish: pnpm release
           version: pnpm version-packages