Fix broken release CI pipeline

* modified committer, and PR author to be defined bots
* added auto approver action with a PAT

Author: jimboid

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -62,10 +62,19 @@ jobs:
             Update version
             - Update the __init__.py with new release
             - Auto-generated by [CI]
+          committer: version-updater <vu.bot@users.noreply.github.com>
+          author: version-updater <vu.bot@users.noreply.github.com>
           base: main
           signoff: false
           draft: false
 
+      - name: auto approve review
+        uses: hmarr/auto-approve-action@v4.0.0
+        with:
+          pull-request-number: ${{ steps.pr_id.outputs.pull-request-number }}
+          review-message: "Auto approved version bump PR"
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.AUTO_PR_MERGE }}
+
       - name: merge PR
         run: gh pr merge --merge --delete-branch --auto "${{ steps.pr_id.outputs.pull-request-number }}"
         env: