diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index ae4c14b..e2b18c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           # NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CERN_SIS_NPM }}
-        run: npx semantic-release -v
+        run: npx semantic-release --dry-run
diff --git a/commitlint.config.js b/commitlint.config.js
index b29b5ae..7d72dc6 100644
--- a/commitlint.config.js
+++ b/commitlint.config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+import * as rules from "@commitlint/rules";
+
 export default {
   extends: ["@commitlint/config-conventional"],
+  plugins: [
+    {
+      rules: {
+        // Excludes markdown links from body max length calculation
+        // (needed for semantic-release automatic commits)
+        "body-max-length": (parsed, _when, _value) => {
+          parsed.header = parsed.header.replace(/\[([^[\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/, "");
+          return rules.default["body-max-length"](parsed, _when, _value);
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  ],
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3cb243..ee1f8df 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "react-formule",
   "private": false,
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "author": "CERN",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {