diff --git a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
index 3ffdfe46..40c291e2 100644
--- a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
+++ b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class SemanticReleasingExecutor {
         steps.sh "apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl wget gnupg"
         steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release plugins...")
         steps.sh "npm install -g ${plugins.join(' ')}"
+        steps.sh "git config --global --add safe.directory ${steps.env.workroot}"
         steps.sh "semantic-release"
         steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Semantic release completed, read latest version from VERSION file")
         steps.env.LATEST_VERSION = steps.readFile('VERSION').trim()