diff --git a/packages/core/README.md b/packages/core/README.md
index a26abeb..641d45f 100644
--- a/packages/core/README.md
+++ b/packages/core/README.md
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ await new Releaser({
 
 | Step | Description |
 | --- | --- |
+| setUser | Set git user configuration. |
 | checkout | Checkout the desired branch. |
 | bump | Bump the version of the project and generate changelog. |
 | commit | Commit the changes with the new version. |
diff --git a/packages/core/src/releaser.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/releaser.spec.ts
index 0ea34f0..cc870ed 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/releaser.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/releaser.spec.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,26 @@ describe('core', () => {
       expect(project.versionUpdates).toEqual([])
     })
 
+    it('should set git user configuration', async () => {
+      const { cwd } = await forkProject('set-user', packageJsonProject())
+      const project = new PackageJsonProject({
+        path: join(cwd, 'package.json')
+      })
+      const releaser = new Releaser({
+        project,
+        silent: true
+      })
+        .setUser({
+          username: 'Release Bot',
+          email: 'release-bot@example.com'
+        })
+
+      await releaser.run()
+
+      expect(await project.gitClient.getConfig('user.name')).toBe('Release Bot')
+      expect(await project.gitClient.getConfig('user.email')).toBe('release-bot@example.com')
+    })
+
     it('should create maintenance branches', async () => {
       const { cwd } = await forkProject('maintenance-branch', packageJsonProject({
         version: '3.0.0'
diff --git a/packages/core/src/releaser.ts b/packages/core/src/releaser.ts
index 9c12e49..515834c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/releaser.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/releaser.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type {
   ReleaserOptions,
   ReleaserCommitOptions,
   ReleaserMaintenanceBranchOptions,
+  ReleaserSetUserOptions,
   ReleaserTagOptions,
   ReleaserPushOptions,
   ReleaserStepsOptions
@@ -106,6 +107,51 @@ export class Releaser<
     return this
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Enqueue a task to set git user configuration.
+   * @param options
+   * @returns Project releaser instance for chaining.
+   */
+  setUser(options?: ReleaserSetUserOptions) {
+    return this.enqueue(async () => {
+      const {
+        logger,
+        gitClient
+      } = this
+      const { dryRun } = this.options
+      const {
+        username,
+        email
+      } = {
+        ...this.stepsOptions.setUser,
+        ...options
+      }
+
+      logger.info('set-user', 'Setting git user...')
+
+      if (!username && !email) {
+        logger.info('set-user', 'No git user configuration provided.')
+        return
+      }
+
+      if (username) {
+        logger.verbose('set-user', `Setting git user.name to "${username}".`)
+
+        if (!dryRun) {
+          await gitClient.setConfig('user.name', username)
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (email) {
+        logger.verbose('set-user', `Setting git user.email to "${email}".`)
+
+        if (!dryRun) {
+          await gitClient.setConfig('user.email', email)
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
   /**
    * Enqueue a task to checkout a branch.
    * @param branch - The branch to checkout, defaults to `'simple-release'`.
@@ -121,8 +167,6 @@ export class Releaser<
       const { dryRun } = this.options
       const {
         branch: headBranch = 'simple-release',
-        username,
-        email,
         fetch,
         force
       } = {
@@ -140,22 +184,6 @@ export class Releaser<
       this.state.headBranch = headBranch
       this.state.baseBranch = await this.getBaseBranch()
 
-      if (username) {
-        logger.verbose('checkout', `Setting git user.name to "${username}".`)
-
-        if (!dryRun) {
-          await gitClient.setConfig('user.name', username)
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (email) {
-        logger.verbose('checkout', `Setting git user.email to "${email}".`)
-
-        if (!dryRun) {
-          await gitClient.setConfig('user.email', email)
-        }
-      }
-
       if (fetch) {
         logger.verbose('checkout', `Fetching all commits and tags from the remote repository...`)
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/releaser.types.ts b/packages/core/src/releaser.types.ts
index e1852fe..46ee08c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/releaser.types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/releaser.types.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ export interface ReleaserCheckoutOptions {
    * Force fetch all commits and tags from the remote repository.
    */
   fetch?: boolean
+}
+
+export interface ReleaserSetUserOptions {
   /**
    * Set git user name configuration.
    */
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ export interface ReleaserStepsOptions<
   checkout?: {
     branch?: string
   } & ReleaserCheckoutOptions
+  setUser?: ReleaserSetUserOptions
   bump?: PickOverridableOptions<P['bump']>
   commit?: ReleaserCommitOptions
   maintenanceBranch?: ReleaserMaintenanceBranchOptions
diff --git a/packages/github-action/README.md b/packages/github-action/README.md
index 60ff534..f522a37 100644
--- a/packages/github-action/README.md
+++ b/packages/github-action/README.md
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ To fetch and parse comments you should use `fetchOptions` step after `checkout`
 
 ```js
 action
+  .setUser()
   .checkout()
   .fetchOptions()
   .bump()
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ action
 
 ```js
 action
+  .setUser()
   .maintenanceBranch()
   .tag()
   .push()
diff --git a/packages/github-action/src/releaser.ts b/packages/github-action/src/releaser.ts
index 67ffaf6..d7a97d0 100644
--- a/packages/github-action/src/releaser.ts
+++ b/packages/github-action/src/releaser.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   type PickOverridableOptions,
   type Project,
   type ReleaserOptions,
+  type ReleaserSetUserOptions,
   Releaser
 } from '@simple-release/core'
 import {
@@ -36,10 +37,16 @@ export class ReleaserGithubAction<P extends Project = Project> extends Releaser<
     })
   }
 
-  override checkout(branch?: string) {
-    return super.checkout(branch, {
+  override setUser(options?: ReleaserSetUserOptions) {
+    return super.setUser({
       username: 'github-actions[bot]',
       email: 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com',
+      ...options
+    })
+  }
+
+  override checkout(branch?: string) {
+    return super.checkout(branch, {
       fetch: true,
       force: true
     })
@@ -122,6 +129,7 @@ export class ReleaserGithubAction<P extends Project = Project> extends Releaser<
    */
   async runPullRequestAction() {
     await this
+      .setUser()
       .checkout()
       .fetchOptions()
       .bump()
@@ -137,6 +145,7 @@ export class ReleaserGithubAction<P extends Project = Project> extends Releaser<
    */
   async runReleaseAction(check = true) {
     await this
+      .setUser()
       .maintenanceBranch()
       .tag()
       .push()