diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yaml
index 64a2465..df418d3 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yaml
@@ -299,10 +299,11 @@ jobs:
           # Check for version bump on main branch
           if [ "${{ github.ref }}" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
             echo "🔖 Checking for version bump..."
-            # Always read from git log: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }} expression
-            # is interpolated literally into the shell script, so any backtick, unbalanced
-            # quote, or special char in a commit body breaks the next line of the script
-            # (observed on PR #32-#35: 'syntax error: unexpected newline'). git log is safe.
+            # Read commit message from git, NOT from the workflow event payload.
+            # The event-payload expression is interpolated literally into the
+            # rendered script (even inside comments — see PR #38 + #46), so any
+            # backtick / unbalanced quote / multi-line body breaks bash parsing.
+            # git log is interpolation-free and safe.
             COMMIT_MSG=$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)
             ./scripts/ci-version-bump.sh "$COMMIT_MSG" --no-push
           fi