diff --git a/release/release.gradle b/release/release.gradle
index a29d9af974..25fbfbcc75 100644
--- a/release/release.gradle
+++ b/release/release.gradle
@@ -289,16 +289,23 @@ artifacts {
 
 task release( dependsOn: [releaseChecks, uploadDocumentation, uploadBundlesSourceForge] )
 
-task addVersionCommit( dependsOn: [releaseChecks] ) {
+task changeLogFile( dependsOn: [releaseChecks] ) {
     group = "Release"
-    description = "Updates the changelog.txt file, adds a commit for the released version and push the changes to github"
+    description = "Updates the changelog.txt file"
+
+    doFirst {
+        logger.lifecycle( "Appending version '${project.releaseVersion}' to changelog..." )
+        ChangeLogFile.update( ormVersion.fullName );
+    }
+}
+
+task addVersionCommit( dependsOn: [changeLogFile] ) {
+    group = "Release"
+    description = "Adds a commit for the released version and push the changes to github"
     doFirst{
         logger.lifecycle( "Updating version to '${project.releaseVersion}'..." )
         project.ormVersionFile.text = "hibernateVersion=${project.releaseVersion}"
 
-        logger.lifecycle( "Appending version '${project.releaseVersion}' to changelog..." )
-        ChangeLogFile.update( ormVersion.fullName );
-
         logger.lifecycle( "Adding commit to update version to '${project.releaseVersion}'..." )
         executeGitCommand( 'add', '.' )
         executeGitCommand( 'commit', '-m', project.ormVersion.fullName )