diff --git a/.github/workflows/site-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/site-ci.yml
index 2532e493e662..b0a375a37cfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/site-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/site-ci.yml
@@ -33,5 +33,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
       - name: Deploy Iceberg documentation
-        run: make deploy
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name 'GitHub Actions'
+          git config --global user.email 'actions@github.com'
+          make deploy
         working-directory: ./site
diff --git a/site/dev/deploy.sh b/site/dev/deploy.sh
index bc0167e20493..64c7276e5c0b 100755
--- a/site/dev/deploy.sh
+++ b/site/dev/deploy.sh
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ set -e
 
 ./dev/setup_env.sh
 
-mkdocs gh-deploy --remote-name "${REMOTE}"  # --remote-branch asf-site
+mkdocs gh-deploy --no-history # --remote-branch asf-site