diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index aab740126..2e2217e1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -8,19 +8,22 @@ jobs:
   check:
     name: Check for updates
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository == 'ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        if: github.repository == 'ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh'
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Authenticate as @ohmyzsh
+        id: generate_token
         uses: ohmyzsh/github-app-token@v2
         with:
           app_id: ${{ secrets.OHMYZSH_APP_ID }}
           private_key: ${{ secrets.OHMYZSH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
       - name: Process dependencies
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
-          TMP_DIR: ${{ env.RUNNER_TEMP }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          GIT_APP_NAME: ohmyzsh[bot]
+          GIT_APP_EMAIL: 54982679+ohmyzsh[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+          TMP_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}
         run: |
-          gh auth login --with-token <<< "${GITHUB_TOKEN}"
+          pip install -r .github/workflows/dependencies/requirements.txt
           python3 .github/workflows/dependencies/updater.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/requirements.txt b/.github/workflows/dependencies/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c4c149ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PyYAML~=6.0.1
+requests~=2.31.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/updater.py b/.github/workflows/dependencies/updater.py
index 5af19d14c..f54d316f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/updater.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/updater.py
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ class Git:
 
   @staticmethod
   def add_and_commit(scope: str, version: str):
-    user_name = "ohmyzsh"
-    user_email = "bot@ohmyz.sh"
+    user_name = os.environ.get("GIT_APP_NAME")
+    user_email = os.environ.get("GIT_APP_EMAIL")
 
     # Add all files to git staging
     CommandRunner.run_or_fail(["git", "add", "-A", "-v"], stage="AddFiles")