diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-dependabot-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/create-dependabot-pr.yml
index 436e06e6aa9..26f71c3eb8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-dependabot-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-dependabot-pr.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run dependabot-pr.sh
         run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/dependabot-pr.sh
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/dependabot-pr.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/dependabot-pr.sh
index 33b4290fe8e..01353ca0fd1 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/dependabot-pr.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/dependabot-pr.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-git config user.name $GITHUB_ACTOR
-git config user.email $GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com
+git config user.name opentelemetrybot
+git config user.email 107717825+opentelemetrybot@users.noreply.github.com
 
 PR_NAME=dependabot-prs/`date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S'`
 git checkout -b $PR_NAME