diff --git a/.github/workflows/format.yaml b/.github/workflows/format.yaml
index 13a8881e6..180a1fdf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   format:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e #v4.3.0
@@ -21,13 +23,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check that files have been formatted before PR submission
         run: git diff-files --quiet --ignore-submodules
         if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'opentdf/web-sdk' }}
-      - name: Commit changes
+
+      - uses: planetscale/ghcommit-action@d4176bfacef926cc2db351eab20398dfc2f593b5
         id: auto-commit
         if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'opentdf/web-sdk' }}
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@e348103e9026cc0eee72ae06630dbe30c8bf7a79 #v5.1.0
         with:
-          commit_message: |-
-            🤖 🎨 Autoformat
+          commit_message: 🤖 🎨 Autoformat
+          repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+          branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Suggest user signoff
         if: steps.auto-commit.outputs.changes_detected == 'true'