diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1fa8d8a3..b757aa72 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ jobs:
       - store_test_results:
           path: test/results
       - *deploy-gh-pages
-      - run: npx semantic-release
+      - run:
+          command: npx semantic-release
+          environment:
+            HUSKY: 0 # disable Husky hooks so commitlint doesn't block semantic-release
   push-translations:
     <<: *defaults
     steps: