diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-prs-manager.yaml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-prs-manager.yaml
index 400a4842eb..35748a8e89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-prs-manager.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-prs-manager.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       prs: ${{ steps.dependabot-prs.outputs.prs }}
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       - name: List Dependabot PRs
         id: dependabot-prs
         run: |
@@ -57,8 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           gh pr edit ${{ matrix.pr.number }} --add-label "type::security"
 
           echo "Re-running tests..."
-          branch=$(gh pr view ${{ matrix.pr.number }} --json headRefName -q '.headRefName')
-          run_id=$(gh run list --branch $branch --workflow build-test --limit 1 --json databaseId -q '.[0].databaseId')
+          run_id=$(gh run list --branch ${{ matrix.pr.headRefName }} --workflow build-test --limit 1 --json databaseId -q '.[0].databaseId')
 
           # If more than half of the validate-* jobs are successful, just re-run the failed jobs.
           num_of_jobs=$(gh run view $run_id --json jobs -q '.jobs[] | select(.name | startswith("validate-")) | .name' | wc -l)
@@ -70,8 +66,10 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           # Otherwise, re-run all workflows.
-          echo "Less than half of the validate-* jobs are successful. Re-running all workflows."
+          repo="https://${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.NIGHTLY_GH_PAT }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git"
+
           git config --global user.email ${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com
           git config --global user.name ${{ github.actor }}
+
           git commit --allow-empty -m "[dependabot skip] Re-run workflows. [Triggered by the [dependabot-prs-manager](https://github.com/replicatedhq/kots/blob/main/.github/workflows/dependabot-prs-manager.yaml) GitHub action]"
-          git push origin $branch
+          git push $repo HEAD:"${{ matrix.pr.headRefName }}"