diff --git a/.github/workflows/promote-shipped-apis.yml b/.github/workflows/promote-shipped-apis.yml
index 3e18427b0..e20ae60b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/promote-shipped-apis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/promote-shipped-apis.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           
           $branch = "${{ github.ref_name }}"
           $prBranch = "promote-shipped-apis-$branch"
-          git push origin $prBranch
+          git push -u origin HEAD:$prBranch
       
       - name: Create new PR
         if: steps.check_pr.outputs.pr_exists == 'false' && steps.check_changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
@@ -107,8 +107,5 @@ jobs:
           $prBranch = "promote-shipped-apis-$branch"
           $title = "automatic promotion of shipped APIs for $branch"
           
-          git checkout -b $prBranch
-          git push origin $prBranch
-          
           gh pr create --title "$title" --base "$branch" --head "$prBranch" --body "Automatically promotes unshipped APIs to shipped after running the promotion script."