diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4bfb6aa585f..2e9ff44da0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "qwik-monorepo",
-  "version": "1.2.15",
+  "version": "1.2.16",
   "config": {
     "commitizen": {
       "path": "./node_modules/cz-conventional-changelog"
diff --git a/packages/create-qwik/package.json b/packages/create-qwik/package.json
index 1536a0cd0aa..c79370bfb80 100644
--- a/packages/create-qwik/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-qwik/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "create-qwik",
   "description": "Interactive CLI for create Qwik projects and adding features.",
-  "version": "1.2.15",
+  "version": "1.2.16",
   "author": "Builder.io Team",
   "bin": "./create-qwik.cjs",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/BuilderIO/qwik/issues",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-qwik/package.json b/packages/eslint-plugin-qwik/package.json
index ac0a5ae0026..bee3a871a85 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-qwik/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-qwik/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "eslint-plugin-qwik",
   "description": "An Open-Source sub-framework designed with a focus on server-side-rendering, lazy-loading, and styling/animation.",
-  "version": "1.2.15",
+  "version": "1.2.16",
   "author": "Builder Team",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/BuilderIO/qwik/issues",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/qwik-city/package.json b/packages/qwik-city/package.json
index 8efd744077d..5b2ff563f23 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-city/package.json
+++ b/packages/qwik-city/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@builder.io/qwik-city",
   "description": "The meta-framework for Qwik.",
-  "version": "1.2.15",
+  "version": "1.2.16",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/BuilderIO/qwik/issues",
   "dependencies": {
     "@mdx-js/mdx": "2.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/qwik/package.json b/packages/qwik/package.json
index d34a7070142..0ccb86c7f92 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/package.json
+++ b/packages/qwik/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@builder.io/qwik",
   "description": "An Open-Source sub-framework designed with a focus on server-side-rendering, lazy-loading, and styling/animation.",
-  "version": "1.2.15",
+  "version": "1.2.16",
   "bin": "./dist/qwik.cjs",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/BuilderIO/qwik/issues",
   "contributors": [
diff --git a/scripts/release.ts b/scripts/release.ts
index 80ec23f83d3..d0656d79141 100644
--- a/scripts/release.ts
+++ b/scripts/release.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export async function commitPrepareReleaseVersion(config: BuildConfig) {
   await run('git', gitAddArgs);
 
   // git commit the changed package.json
-  const gitCommitArgs = ['commit', '--message', `"chore: ${config.distVersion}`];
+  const gitCommitArgs = ['commit', '--message', `chore: ${config.distVersion}`];
   await run('git', gitCommitArgs);
 
   console.log(``);