diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-release-rc.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-release-rc.yml
index f74d121..05800c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-release-rc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-release-rc.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       rc_version:
-        description: 'RC version (e.g., 0.43.0)'
+        description: 'RC version (e.g., 0.43.0-rc0)'
         required: true
+
 jobs:
   bump-rc-version:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}    
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest 
     steps:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -18,20 +17,21 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PENNYLANE_PTM_WORKFLOWUPDATE }}
 
       - name: Bump rc version in workflow files
         run: |
-          git checkout -b bump-rc-version-${{ inputs.rc_version }}
           sed -i -E 's/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+/v${{ inputs.rc_version }}/' 'workflow-template-release-candidate.yml'
           python compile.py
           sed -i -E 's/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+/v${{ inputs.rc_version }}/' '.github/workflows/lightning-latest-rc.yml'
 
       - name: Commit and push changes
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PENNYLANE_PTM_WORKFLOWUPDATE }}
         run: |
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions-bump[bot]"
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.email '${{ secrets.AUTO_UPDATE_VERSION_RINGO_EMAIL }}'
+          git config --global user.name "ringo-but-quantum"
           git add .github/workflows/ .
           git commit -m "Bump rc version in workflow files" 
-          git push --set-upstream origin bump-rc-version-${{ inputs.rc_version }}
-          gh pr create --title "Bump rc version in workflow files" --body "This PR updates the rc version in the workflow files to ${{ inputs.rc_version }}." --label "automerge" 
-          gh pr merge --auto 
+          git push