diff --git a/.r-tool.json b/.r-tool.json
index 8140411..1a3eb25 100644
--- a/.r-tool.json
+++ b/.r-tool.json
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
             { "command": "b" },
             { "command": "b", "args":"poke:version -s" },
             { "command": "yarn", "args": "changelog" },
-            { "command": "git", "args": "add ."},
-            { "command": "git", "args": "commit -m \"chore: new version %NEW_VERSION%\""},
+            { "command": "b", "args": "commit:version -s"},
             { "command": "git", "args": "push"}
         ]
     }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86571f4..222a684 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ##  (2022-12-14)
 
+* feat: try to use $SEMVER ([aedf3fd](https://github.com/xenial-io/Xenial.RTool/commit/aedf3fd))
+
+
+
+##  (2022-12-14)
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/build/Program.cs b/build/Program.cs
index 04595e7..5742092 100644
--- a/build/Program.cs
+++ b/build/Program.cs
@@ -17,11 +17,18 @@
 Target("poke:version", DependsOn("test"), async () =>
     {
         var json = await File.ReadAllTextAsync("package.json");
-        json = PokeJson.AddOrUpdateJsonValue(json, "version", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("NEW_VERSION"));
+        json = PokeJson.AddOrUpdateJsonValue(json, "version", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SEMVER"));
         await File.WriteAllTextAsync("package.json", json);
     }
 );
 
+Target("commit:version", async () =>
+{
+    await RunAsync("git", $"add .");
+    await RunAsync("git", $"commit -m \"release: new version {Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SEMVER")}\"");
+}
+);
+
 Target("deploy", async () =>
 {
     var files = Directory.EnumerateFiles("artifacts/nuget", "*.nupkg");
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bcb5770..a815672 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "xenial.rtool",
-  "version": null,
+  "version": "ABC",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "https://github.com/xenial-io/Xenial.RTool.git",
   "author": "Manuel Grundner <m.grundner@delegate.at>",