diff --git a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
index e9f81197..89bcd8ed 100644
--- a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
+++ b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
@@ -19,19 +19,22 @@ class SemanticReleasingExecutor {
     this.config = 'com/freeleaps/devops/builtins/semantic-release/releaserc.json'
   }
 
-  def release() {
+  def release(credentialsId) {
     steps.log.warn("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Configuration file customization is not supported yet, using builtin release rules as fallback")
     steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Releasing with config: ${config}")
 
     steps.dir(steps.env.workroot) {
-      steps.writeFile file: 'releaserc.json', text: steps.libraryResource(config)
-      steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release requirements...")
-      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 ${plugins.join(' ')}"
-      steps.sh "semantic-release"
-      steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Semantic release completed, read latest version from VERSION file")
-      steps.env.LATEST_VERSION = steps.readFile('VERSION').trim()
+      steps.withCredentials(credentialsId: credentialsId, passwordVariable: 'GIT_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'GIT_USERNAME') {
+        steps.env.GIT_CREDENTIALS = "${steps.env.GIT_USERNAME}:${steps.env.GIT_PASSWORD}"
+        steps.writeFile file: 'releaserc.json', text: steps.libraryResource(config)
+        steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release requirements...")
+        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 "semantic-release"
+        steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Semantic release completed, read latest version from VERSION file")
+        steps.env.LATEST_VERSION = steps.readFile('VERSION').trim()
+      }
     }
   }
 }
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diff --git a/first-class-pipeline/vars/executeFreeleapsPipeline.groovy b/first-class-pipeline/vars/executeFreeleapsPipeline.groovy
index 69355ebb..1c7616f0 100644
--- a/first-class-pipeline/vars/executeFreeleapsPipeline.groovy
+++ b/first-class-pipeline/vars/executeFreeleapsPipeline.groovy
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def generateComponentStages(component, configurations) {
                     def sourceFetcher = new SourceFetcher(this)
                     sourceFetcher.fetch(configurations)
 
-                    def semanticReleasingExecutor = new SemanticReleasingExecutor(this, env.workroot + "/" + component.root + "/")
+                    def semanticReleasingExecutor = new SemanticReleasingExecutor(this, env.workroot)
                     semanticReleasingExecutor.release()
                   }
                 }