diff --git a/.lighthouse/jenkins-x/release/promote-jx-website.sh b/.lighthouse/jenkins-x/release/promote-jx-website.sh
index 8681b45fd..9d082148f 100755
--- a/.lighthouse/jenkins-x/release/promote-jx-website.sh
+++ b/.lighthouse/jenkins-x/release/promote-jx-website.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ git clone https://github.com/jenkins-x/jx-docs.git
 
 cd jx-docs
 sed -i "s/release = \".*\"/release = \"${JX_VERSION}\"/" config.toml
-git commit --allow-empty -a -m "chore: upgrade jx version"
+git commit -a -m "chore: upgrade jx version"
 git push