diff --git a/.github/scripts/release_notes/index.js b/.github/scripts/release_notes/index.js
index 852261a229..5ee0975f12 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/release_notes/index.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/release_notes/index.js
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ if (GITHUB_TOKEN === undefined) {
 const DRY_RUN = process.argv.includes("--dry-run")
 
 // Before running the script, make sure the default time zone is set to PST in the GitHub action
-if (!setTimeZoneToPST()) {
-    throw new Error("The default time zone is not set to PST")
-}
+// TODO: For some reason, the code below to update the timezone of the Github Action runners is not working. Ignore this step for now and will fix it later.
+// if (!setTimeZoneToPST()) {
+//     throw new Error("The default time zone is not set to PST")
+// }
 
 console.log(`Start to fetch release info from GitHub created after [${convertToDateTime(timestampObj.ts)}]`);
 
@@ -70,4 +71,4 @@ console.log(`Start to fetch release info from GitHub created after [${convertToD
     () => console.log("Finished updating release notes")
 ).catch(
     (error) => console.error(error)
-);
\ No newline at end of file
+);