diff --git a/.github/workflows/uplift-merges.yml b/.github/workflows/uplift-merges.yml
index 5e6e8905e1d..bfe7be66b62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/uplift-merges.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/uplift-merges.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,22 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            scripts/uplift-merges.sh
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+
+      - name: Configure for push
+        if: ${{ !inputs.dryRun }}
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
+          git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
       - name: Run uplift script
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          DRYRUN: ${{ inputs.dryRun && '' || '--no-dry-run' }}
+          DRYRUN: ${{ !inputs.dryRun && '--no-dry-run' || '' }}
           BRANCH: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          PUSH: ${{ !inputs.dryRun && '--push' || '' }}
         run: |
-          bash scripts/uplift-merges.sh $DRYRUN --$BRANCH
+          bash scripts/uplift-merges.sh $DRYRUN --$BRANCH $PUSH | tee $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
diff --git a/scripts/uplift-merges.sh b/scripts/uplift-merges.sh
index c3737bbd5cf..fb3021cf7a4 100755
--- a/scripts/uplift-merges.sh
+++ b/scripts/uplift-merges.sh
@@ -1,28 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Check if gh is installed
-if ! command -v gh &> /dev/null; then
-    echo "Error: gh (GitHub CLI) is not installed."
-    exit 1
-fi
+function fail() {
+  echo "Error: $*"
+  exit 1
+}
 
-# Check if jq is installed
-if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
-    echo "Error: jq is not installed."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Check if git is installed
-if ! command -v git &> /dev/null; then
-    echo "Error: git is not installed."
-    exit 1
-fi
+# Check if tools are installed
+command -v gh &> /dev/null || fail "gh (GitHub CLI) is not installed"
+command -v jq &> /dev/null || fail "jq is not installed"
+command -v git &> /dev/null || fail "git is not installed"
 
 # Default values
 dry_run=true
 repo=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-thunderbird/thunderbird-android}
 label="task: uplift to beta"
 branch="beta"
+push=false
 
 # Parse command-line arguments
 for arg in "$@"; do
@@ -41,9 +34,12 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
       branch="beta"
       shift
       ;;
+    --push)
+      push=true
+      shift
+      ;;
     *)
-      echo "Unknown argument: $arg"
-      exit 1
+      fail "Unknown argument: $arg"
       ;;
   esac
 done
@@ -51,16 +47,19 @@ done
 # Check if on the correct branch
 current_branch=$(git branch --show-current)
 if [ "$current_branch" != "$branch" ]; then
-    echo "Error: You are not on the $branch branch. Please switch to the $branch branch."
-    exit 1
+    fail "You are not on the $branch branch. Please switch to the $branch branch."
+fi
+
+if [ "$dry_run" = true ]
+then
+  echo "Dry run in progress, to disable pass --no-dry-run"
 fi
 
-echo "Dry run: $dry_run, to disable dry run pass --no-dry-run"
 echo "Label: \"$label\""
 echo ""
 
 # Fetch the uplift commits from the GitHub repository
-json_data=$(gh pr list --repo "$repo" --label "$label" --state closed --json "mergedAt,mergeCommit,number,url")
+json_data=$(gh pr list --repo "$repo" --label "$label" --state merged --json "mergedAt,mergeCommit,number,url,title" | jq -c .)
 
 # Sort by mergedAt
 sorted_commits=$(echo "$json_data" | jq -c '. | sort_by(.mergedAt) | .[]')
@@ -72,22 +71,25 @@ if [ -z "$sorted_commits" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Generate git cherry-pick commands
-for commit in $sorted_commits; do
+while IFS= read -r commit
+do
     oid=$(echo "$commit" | jq -r '.mergeCommit.oid')
     pr_number=$(echo "$commit" | jq -r '.number')
     pr_url=$(echo "$commit" | jq -r '.url')
-    echo "Cherry-picking $oid from $pr_url"
+    pr_title=$(echo "$commit" | jq -r '.title')
+    echo "Cherry-picking $oid from $pr_url ($pr_title)"
 
     if [ "$dry_run" = false ]; then
-        if git cherry-pick -m 1 "$oid"; then
-          gh pr edit "$pr_number" --remove-label "$label"
-        else
-          echo "Failed to cherry-pick $oid"
-          exit 1
+        git cherry-pick -m 1 "$oid" || fail "Failed to cherry-pick $oid"
+        if [ "$push" = true ]; then
+          git push || fail "Failed to push $oid"
         fi
+
+        gh pr edit "$pr_number" --repo "$repo" --remove-label "$label" || fail "Failed to remove label from $pr_number"
     else
         echo "git cherry-pick -m 1 $oid"
-        echo "gh pr edit $pr_number --remove-label \"$label\""
+        [ "$push" = true ] && echo git push
+        echo "gh pr edit $pr_number --repo \"$repo\" --remove-label \"$label\""
     fi
     echo ""
-done
+done <<< "$sorted_commits"