diff --git a/ge_releaser/git.py b/ge_releaser/git.py
index 0be4e8f..238faa1 100644
--- a/ge_releaser/git.py
+++ b/ge_releaser/git.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def verify_no_untracked_files(self) -> None:
             raise ValueError("There are untracked files. Please make sure to run this step with a clean repo.")
 
     def stage_all_and_commit(self, message: str) -> None:
-        self._git.git.add(FILES_TO_COMMIT)
+        self._git.git.add([(file_class.name) for file_class in FILES_TO_COMMIT]) 
         self._git.git.commit("-m", message, "--no-verify")
 
     def get_release_timestamp(self, version: str) -> dt.datetime: