diff --git a/.github/workflows/vscode-publish-extensions.yml b/.github/workflows/vscode-publish-extensions.yml
index 3faf70c..babcf88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vscode-publish-extensions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vscode-publish-extensions.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: '22.x'
         type: string
+      git-user-name:
+        description: 'Git user name for version bump commits'
+        required: false
+        default: 'GitHub Action'
+        type: string
+      git-user-email:
+        description: 'Git user email for version bump commits'
+        required: false
+        default: 'action@github.com'
+        type: string
 
 # Add explicit permissions for security
 permissions:
@@ -463,9 +473,25 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "🔄 Committing version bumps..."
 
-            # Configure git for the action
-            git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
-            git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+            # Validate git identity inputs (prevent empty strings from overriding defaults)
+            GIT_USER_NAME="${{ inputs.git-user-name }}"
+            GIT_USER_EMAIL="${{ inputs.git-user-email }}"
+
+            if [ -z "$GIT_USER_NAME" ]; then
+              echo "⚠️  git-user-name is empty, using default: GitHub Action"
+              GIT_USER_NAME="GitHub Action"
+            fi
+
+            if [ -z "$GIT_USER_EMAIL" ]; then
+              echo "⚠️  git-user-email is empty, using default: action@github.com"
+              GIT_USER_EMAIL="action@github.com"
+            fi
+
+            # Configure git for the action (using -c flag for safer parameter passing)
+            export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$GIT_USER_NAME"
+            export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$GIT_USER_EMAIL"
+            export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_USER_NAME"
+            export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_USER_EMAIL"
 
             # Configure git to use the PAT for authentication
             git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.IDEE_GH_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git