diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7013360..a003071 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   github-action:
-    uses: cloudposse/.github/.github/workflows/shared-release-branches.yml@main
+    uses: cloudposse-github-actions/.github/.github/workflows/shared-release-branches.yml@main
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index c76a76d..dbe984a 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -90,13 +90,17 @@ inputs:
     description: "The title to use when creating a Pull Request (when commit_method: pr)"
 
   pr_labels:
-    description: "Whitespace-separated list of labels to apply to Pull Requests (when commit_method: pr)"
+    description: "Whitespace-separated list of labels to apply to Pull Requests (when commit_method: pr or ( commit_method: commit and github context is a PR) ))"
     required: false
     default: |
       auto-update
       no-release
       readme
 
+  sign-commits:
+    description: 'Sign commits for `pr` commit_method as `github-actions[bot]` when using `GITHUB_TOKEN`, or your own bot when using GitHub App tokens.'
+    default: 'false'
+
   atmos-version:
     description: The version of atmos to install
     required: false
@@ -109,7 +113,10 @@ outputs:
   readme_file:
     description: "Generated README file path (if readme_enabled: true)"
     value: "${{ steps.readme.outputs.file }}"
-    
+
+  changes_detected:
+    description: "Changes detected"
+    value: "${{ steps.auto-commit.outputs.changes_detected || steps.auto-pr.outputs.pull-request-number != false }}"
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -238,7 +245,7 @@ runs:
     - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
       if: inputs.readme_enabled == 'true' && inputs.validate_readme == 'true'
       with:
-        file-path: ${{ steps.readme.outputs.file }}
+        file-path: '${{ steps.readme.outputs.file }} **/README.md'
         check-modified-files-only: true
         max-depth: 0
 
@@ -255,7 +262,19 @@ runs:
         commit_author: "${{ inputs.commit_author }}"
         file_pattern: '${{ steps.banner.outputs.file }} ${{ steps.readme.outputs.file }}'
         push_options: '${{ inputs.commit_push_options }}'
-
+ 
+    - uses: actions/github-script@v7
+      if: steps.auto-commit.outputs.changes_detected == 'true' && inputs.commit_method == 'commit' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+      with:
+        script: |
+          labels = '${{ inputs.pr_labels }}'.split(' ')
+          await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+                issue_number: context.issue.number,
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                labels: labels
+            })
+ 
     - name: Add Image to Step Summary
       if: steps.auto-commit.outputs.changes_detected == 'true' && inputs.banner_enabled == 'true' && inputs.commit_method == 'commit'
       shell: bash
@@ -272,18 +291,19 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Create Pull Request
       if: inputs.commit_method == 'pr'
-      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
       id: auto-pr
       with:
         title: ${{ inputs.pr_title }}
         author: ${{ inputs.commit_author }}
         commit-message: ${{ inputs.commit_message }}
         committer: ${{ inputs.commit_author }}
+        sign-commits: ${{ inputs.sign-commits }}
         add-paths: |
           ${{ steps.banner.outputs.file }}
           ${{ steps.readme.outputs.file }}
+          **/README.md
           docs/*
-
         body: |-
           ## what
           This is an auto-generated PR that updates the README.md and docs