diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-tasks.yml b/.github/workflows/cron-tasks.yml
index 18886cc6c..2acd4159a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-tasks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-tasks.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ jobs:
           # this is important so git log can pick up on
           # the whole history to generate the list of AUTHORS
           fetch-depth: "0"
+          token: ${{ secrets.SVC_DEVTOOLSBOT_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Set up Git
         run: |
-          git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --local user.email "devtoolsbot@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "devtoolsbot"
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md
         run: |
           npm run update-third-party-notices
-          git commit --no-allow-empty -m "chore: update THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES" THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md || true
+          git add THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md
 
       - name: Update AUTHORS
         run: |
@@ -73,20 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           npm run update-cli-usage-text packages/*/*.md *.md
           git add packages/*/*.md *.md
 
-      - name: Create pull request
-        id: cpr
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
-        with:
-          commit-message: Update auto-generated files
-          branch: ci/cron-tasks-update-files
-          title: "chore: update auto-generated files"
-          body: |
-            - Update auto-generated files
-
-      - name: Merge PR
-        env:
-          PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number}}
-          # NOTE: we don't use a PAT so to not trigger further automation
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Commit and push
         run: |
-          gh pr merge $PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER --squash --delete-branch
+          git commit --no-allow-empty -m "chore: update auto-generated files" || true
+          git push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-node-js.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-node-js.yaml
index 201e8553a..c30ebe4ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-node-js.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-node-js.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # this is important so git log can pick up on
           # the whole history to generate the list of AUTHORS
-          fetch-depth: '0'
+          fetch-depth: "0"
 
       - name: Setup git
         run: |
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: 16.x
-          cache: 'npm'
+          cache: "npm"
 
       - name: Install npm@8.19.4
         run: |
@@ -38,16 +38,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           npm run update-node-js-versions
           npm run update-evergreen-config
-          git add .
-          git commit --no-allow-empty -m "chore: update node.js version" || true
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         id: cpr
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f # 7.0.5
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commit-message: 'chore: update node.js'
+          token: ${{ secrets.SVC_DEVTOOLSBOT_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: "chore: update node.js version"
           branch: ci/update-node-js-versions
-          title: 'chore: update node.js'
+          title: "chore: update node.js"
           body: |
             - Update node.js