diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d6a04aa3fdd613..b7c3d002e4d324 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1547,9 +1547,10 @@ jobs:
             echo "Nightly build run"
 
   find_and_publish_bumped_packages:
-    executor: reactnativeandroid
+    executor: nodelts
     steps:
       - checkout
+      - run_yarn
       - run:
           name: Set NPM auth token
           command: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${CIRCLE_NPM_TOKEN}" > ~/.npmrc
diff --git a/scripts/monorepo/__tests__/find-and-publish-all-bumped-packages-test.js b/scripts/monorepo/__tests__/find-and-publish-all-bumped-packages-test.js
index 0a50307646d6b7..7ef3f9ca0de7e4 100644
--- a/scripts/monorepo/__tests__/find-and-publish-all-bumped-packages-test.js
+++ b/scripts/monorepo/__tests__/find-and-publish-all-bumped-packages-test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 const {spawnSync} = require('child_process');
 
-const {BUMP_COMMIT_MESSAGE} = require('../constants');
+const {PUBLISH_PACKAGES_TAG} = require('../constants');
 const forEachPackage = require('../for-each-package');
 const findAndPublishAllBumpedPackages = require('../find-and-publish-all-bumped-packages');
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('findAndPublishAllBumpedPackages', () => {
     }));
 
     spawnSync.mockImplementationOnce(() => ({
-      stdout: BUMP_COMMIT_MESSAGE,
+      stdout: `This is my commit message\n\n${PUBLISH_PACKAGES_TAG}`,
     }));
 
     expect(() => findAndPublishAllBumpedPackages()).toThrow(
diff --git a/scripts/monorepo/bump-all-updated-packages/index.js b/scripts/monorepo/bump-all-updated-packages/index.js
index 953851d7db1d5f..f3569660a99638 100644
--- a/scripts/monorepo/bump-all-updated-packages/index.js
+++ b/scripts/monorepo/bump-all-updated-packages/index.js
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
  */
 
 const chalk = require('chalk');
+const {execSync} = require('child_process');
 const inquirer = require('inquirer');
 const path = require('path');
 const {echo, exec, exit} = require('shelljs');
 const yargs = require('yargs');
 
-const {BUMP_COMMIT_MESSAGE} = require('../constants');
+const {PUBLISH_PACKAGES_TAG} = require('../constants');
 const forEachPackage = require('../for-each-package');
 const checkForGitChanges = require('../check-for-git-changes');
 const bumpPackageVersion = require('./bump-package-version');
@@ -167,7 +168,21 @@ const main = async () => {
           return;
         }
 
-        exec(`git commit -a -m "${BUMP_COMMIT_MESSAGE}"`, {cwd: ROOT_LOCATION});
+        // exec from shelljs currently does not support interactive input
+        // https://github.com/shelljs/shelljs/wiki/FAQ#running-interactive-programs-with-exec
+        execSync('git commit -a', {cwd: ROOT_LOCATION, stdio: 'inherit'});
+
+        const enteredCommitMessage = exec('git log -n 1 --format=format:%B', {
+          cwd: ROOT_LOCATION,
+          silent: true,
+        }).stdout.trim();
+        const commitMessageWithTag =
+          enteredCommitMessage + `\n\n${PUBLISH_PACKAGES_TAG}`;
+
+        exec(`git commit --amend -m "${commitMessageWithTag}"`, {
+          cwd: ROOT_LOCATION,
+          silent: true,
+        });
       })
       .then(() => echo());
   }
diff --git a/scripts/monorepo/constants.js b/scripts/monorepo/constants.js
index fcbc5c51e3c16d..82a455372bce49 100644
--- a/scripts/monorepo/constants.js
+++ b/scripts/monorepo/constants.js
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-const BUMP_COMMIT_MESSAGE = '[ci][monorepo] bump package versions';
+const PUBLISH_PACKAGES_TAG = '#publish-packages-to-npm';
 
-module.exports = {BUMP_COMMIT_MESSAGE};
+module.exports = {PUBLISH_PACKAGES_TAG};
diff --git a/scripts/monorepo/find-and-publish-all-bumped-packages.js b/scripts/monorepo/find-and-publish-all-bumped-packages.js
index f700f5c9c9889d..51d782d5c269a3 100644
--- a/scripts/monorepo/find-and-publish-all-bumped-packages.js
+++ b/scripts/monorepo/find-and-publish-all-bumped-packages.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const {spawnSync} = require('child_process');
 
-const {BUMP_COMMIT_MESSAGE} = require('./constants');
+const {PUBLISH_PACKAGES_TAG} = require('./constants');
 const forEachPackage = require('./for-each-package');
 
 const ROOT_LOCATION = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ const findAndPublishAllBumpedPackages = () => {
         process.exit(1);
       }
 
-      const hasSpecificCommitMessage =
-        commitMessage.startsWith(BUMP_COMMIT_MESSAGE);
+      const hasSpecificPublishTag =
+        commitMessage.includes(PUBLISH_PACKAGES_TAG);
 
-      if (!hasSpecificCommitMessage) {
+      if (!hasSpecificPublishTag) {
         throw new Error(
           `Package ${packageManifest.name} was updated, but not through CI script`,
         );