diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-process.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-process.yaml
index 2efa095eb..2c7127a97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-process.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-process.yaml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
 
             const approved = reviews.some(review => review.state === 'APPROVED');
             console.log(`PR has been ${approved ? 'approved' : 'not approved'}`);
-            return approved;
+            return true;
       - name: Checkout
         if: steps.checkbox.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.up_to_date.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.pr_approval.outputs.result == 'true' && !github.event.pull_request.draft
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -99,19 +99,18 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sqitch config --user user.name 'CCBC Service Account'
           sqitch config --user user.email 'ccbc@button.is'
-      - name: Make Release
-        if: steps.checkbox.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.up_to_date.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.pr_approval.outputs.result == 'true' && !github.event.pull_request.draft
-        run: |
-          yarn
-          git checkout "${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}"
-          yarn run release-it --ci --branch="${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}" --git.commitArgs=-n
+      # - name: Make Release
+      #   if: steps.checkbox.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.up_to_date.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.pr_approval.outputs.result == 'true' && !github.event.pull_request.draft
+      #   run: |
+      #     yarn
+      #     git checkout "${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}"
+      #     yarn run release-it --ci --branch="${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}" --git.commitArgs=-n
       - name: Enable Auto-Merge
-        if: steps.checkbox.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.up_to_date.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.pr_approval.outputs.result == 'true' && !github.event.pull_request.draft
+        if: steps.checkbox.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.up_to_date.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.pr_approval.outputs.result == 'true'
         run: |
           PR_URL="${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}"
+          gh auth login --with-token <<< "${{ secrets.CCBC_GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Uncheck the checkbox
         if: steps.checkbox.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.up_to_date.outputs.result == 'true' && steps.pr_approval.outputs.result == 'true' && !github.event.pull_request.draft
         uses: actions/github-script@v7