diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a538727404186993ce782176f765d29863cf2cde..94382c9a791b4978a185d9480cc311a6a190af8e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ publish:
 #    - echo "$SSH_SECRET_DEPLOY_KEY" | tr -d '\r' > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
 #    - chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
 #    - ssh-keyscan -H "git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+    - git config user.name "$GITLAB_USER_NAME"
+    - git config user.email "$GITLAB_USER_EMAIL"
     - export VERSION=${CI_COMMIT_TAG:-`git describe --tags --always`}
     - echo $VERSION
   script: