diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c013a7b..cb50cda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: npm install
 
+    - name: Generate .npmrc
+      run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" > ~/.npmrc
+
     - name: Create Release
-      run: npm run release
+      run: npm run release -- --npm.skipCheck
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.release-it.json b/.release-it.json
index 956a98c..c53c530 100644
--- a/.release-it.json
+++ b/.release-it.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
   "plugins": {
     "@release-it/conventional-changelog": {
       "preset": "angular",
-      "infile": "CHANGELOG.md"
+      "infile": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "header": "# Changelog"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa4d35e..e69de29 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# Change Log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 27d1329..637393e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "description": "custom ui5 tooling task",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "local-release": "npx release-it --no-git.requireCleanWorkingDir --no-npm.publish --no-github.release",
     "release": "release-it"
   },
   "repository": {