diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
index c78bf31cef..15013be62a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
@@ -263,7 +263,9 @@ jobs:
           export GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD="$GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD"
           export GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY="$GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
           echo "Updating $REPO@$VERSION to next snapshot version."
-          ./gradlew updateToSnapshotVersion -Pcommit=true
+          ./gradlew :updateToSnapshotVersion
+          ./gradlew :spring-security-docs:antoraUpdateVersion
+          git commit -am "Next development version"
           git push
   notify_result:
     name: Check for failures
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/convention/versions/UpdateProjectVersionPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/convention/versions/UpdateProjectVersionPlugin.java
index f26613aea5..f9041108b5 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/convention/versions/UpdateProjectVersionPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/convention/versions/UpdateProjectVersionPlugin.java
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ public class UpdateProjectVersionPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 			public void execute(UpdateToSnapshotVersionTask updateToSnapshotVersionTask) {
 				updateToSnapshotVersionTask.setGroup("Release");
 				updateToSnapshotVersionTask.setDescription(
-						"Updates the project version to the next snapshot in gradle.properties and optionally commits the changes");
-				updateToSnapshotVersionTask.setCommit("true".equals(project.findProperty("commit")));
+						"Updates the project version to the next snapshot in gradle.properties");
 			}
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/convention/versions/UpdateToSnapshotVersionTask.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/convention/versions/UpdateToSnapshotVersionTask.java
index f2c533d1fd..42caf5f971 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/convention/versions/UpdateToSnapshotVersionTask.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/convention/versions/UpdateToSnapshotVersionTask.java
@@ -18,12 +18,9 @@ package org.springframework.security.convention.versions;
 
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
-import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
-import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -31,10 +28,6 @@ public abstract class UpdateToSnapshotVersionTask extends DefaultTask {
 
 	private static final String RELEASE_VERSION_PATTERN = "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(-M\\d+|-RC\\d+)?$";
 
-	@Input
-	@Optional
-	private Boolean commit;
-
 	@TaskAction
 	public void updateToSnapshotVersion() {
 		String currentVersion = getProject().getVersion().toString();
@@ -49,12 +42,6 @@ public abstract class UpdateToSnapshotVersionTask extends DefaultTask {
 			gradlePropertiesText = gradlePropertiesText.replace("version=" + currentVersion, "version=" + nextVersion);
 			return gradlePropertiesText;
 		});
-		if (this.commit) {
-			System.out.println("Committing the version update");
-			File rootDir = getProject().getRootDir();
-			String commitMessage = "Next development version";
-			CommandLineUtils.runCommand(rootDir, "git", "commit", "-am", commitMessage);
-		}
 	}
 
 	private String calculateNextSnapshotVersion(String currentVersion) {
@@ -78,12 +65,4 @@ public abstract class UpdateToSnapshotVersionTask extends DefaultTask {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public Boolean getCommit() {
-		return commit;
-	}
-
-	public void setCommit(Boolean commit) {
-		this.commit = commit;
-	}
-
 }