diff --git a/source/Octopus.Server.Client/Model/ModifyRunbookCommand.cs b/source/Octopus.Server.Client/Model/ModifyRunbookCommand.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea1ed71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Octopus.Server.Client/Model/ModifyRunbookCommand.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Octopus.Client.Model
+{
+    public class ModifyRunbookCommand : RunbookResource, ICommitCommand
+    {
+        public string ChangeDescription { get; set; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/Octopus.Server.Client/Repositories/Async/RunbookRepository.cs b/source/Octopus.Server.Client/Repositories/Async/RunbookRepository.cs
index dee943e2..580d6a97 100644
--- a/source/Octopus.Server.Client/Repositories/Async/RunbookRepository.cs
+++ b/source/Octopus.Server.Client/Repositories/Async/RunbookRepository.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using Octopus.Client.Editors.Async;
 using Octopus.Client.Exceptions;
 using Octopus.Client.Model;
+using Octopus.Client.Serialization;
 
 namespace Octopus.Client.Repositories.Async
 {
@@ -117,10 +118,11 @@ public async Task<RunbookResource> Get(ProjectResource project, string gitRef, s
         public async Task<RunbookResource> Create(ProjectResource project, string gitRef, RunbookResource runbook, string commitMessage, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var route = $"{baseGitUri}/runbooks/v2";
+            var command = AppendCommitMessage(runbook, commitMessage);
 
             return await Client.Create<RunbookResource, RunbookResource>(
                 route,
-                runbook,
+                command,
                 new
                 {
                     spaceId = project.SpaceId,
@@ -134,10 +136,11 @@ public async Task<RunbookResource> Create(ProjectResource project, string gitRef
         public async Task<RunbookResource> Modify(ProjectResource project, string gitRef, RunbookResource runbook, string commitMessage, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var route = $"{baseGitUri}/runbooks/{{id}}";
+            var command = AppendCommitMessage(runbook, commitMessage);
 
             return await Client.Update<RunbookResource, RunbookResource>(
                 route,
-                runbook,
+                command,
                 new
                 {
                     spaceId = project.SpaceId,
@@ -162,7 +165,9 @@ await Client.Delete(
                     gitRef = gitRef,
                     slug = runbook.Id
                 },
-                null,
+                new {
+                    ChangeDescription = commitMessage
+                },
                 cancellationToken
             ).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
@@ -184,5 +189,14 @@ public async Task<RunbookRunResource[]> Run(ProjectResource project, string gitR
                 cancellationToken
             ).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
+        
+        ModifyRunbookCommand AppendCommitMessage(RunbookResource runbook, string commitMessage)
+        {
+            var json = Serializer.Serialize(runbook);
+            var command = Serializer.Deserialize<ModifyRunbookCommand>(json);
+
+            command.ChangeDescription = commitMessage;
+            return command;
+        }
     }
 }