diff --git a/.github/actions/testing_report_generation/app.rb b/.github/actions/testing_report_generation/app.rb
index 8919fbe95c7..9bb7aa68b36 100644
--- a/.github/actions/testing_report_generation/app.rb
+++ b/.github/actions/testing_report_generation/app.rb
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def get_workflows(client, repo_name)
   end
 
   workflow_text = "[%s](%s)" % [wf.name, wf.html_url]
-  runs = client.workflow_runs(REPO_NAME_WITH_OWNER, File.basename(wf.path), :event => "schedule").workflow_runs
+  runs = client.workflow_runs(REPO_NAME_WITH_OWNER, workflow_file, :event => "schedule").workflow_runs
   runs = runs.sort_by { |run| -run.created_at.to_i }
   latest_run = runs[0]
   if latest_run.nil?
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_issues.yml b/.github/workflows/generate_issues.yml
index a8411561dd8..9acf59f1caf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_issues.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         access-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
         # This is to exclude workflows that will be searched in the nightly report.
-        exclude-workflow-files: 'performance-integration-tests.yml, sessions-integration-tests.yml, codeql'
+        exclude-workflow-files: 'performance-integration-tests.yml, sessions-integration-tests.yml, codeql, dependabot-updates'
 
   test_generate_an_issue:
     # Don't run on private repo.
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         access-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
         # This is to exclude workflows that will be searched in the nightly report.
-        exclude-workflow-files: 'performance-integration-tests.yml, sessions-integration-tests.yml, codeql'
+        exclude-workflow-files: 'performance-integration-tests.yml, sessions-integration-tests.yml, codeql, dependabot-updates'
         issue-labels: 'nightly-testing-report-generation-test'
         issue-title: 'Nightly Testing Report For Presubmit Testing'