diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28725ca6..b239905e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The following is an extended example with all available options.
 
     # Optional commit user and author settings
     commit_user_name: My GitHub Actions Bot # defaults to "github-actions[bot]"
-    commit_user_email: my-github-actions-bot@example.org # defaults to "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+    commit_user_email: my-github-actions-bot@example.org # defaults to "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
     commit_author: Author <actions@github.com> # defaults to author of the commit that triggered the run
 
     # Optional. Tag name being created in the local repository and 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 4e745269..afc4bf2b 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ inputs:
   commit_user_email:
     description: Email address used for the commit user
     required: false
-    default: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+    default: 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
   commit_author:
     description: Value used for the commit author. Defaults to the username of whoever triggered this workflow run.
     required: false