diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 21d7c5fde7..fd8f4f1a1f 100755
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ jobs:
           name: release
           command: |
             GIT_COMMIT_MSG=`git --no-pager log --pretty=full -n1 $CIRCLE_SHA1`
-            if echo "$GIT_COMMIT_MSG" | grep -o "\[skip release\]"; then
-              echo "Release phase is skipped since [skip release] exists in commit message or body."
-            else
+            if echo "$GIT_COMMIT_MSG" | grep -o "\[release\]"; then
               echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" >> ~/.npmrc
               echo "//registry.yarnpkg.com/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" >> ~/.npmrc
               yarn lerna version --yes --no-git-tag-version --no-push