diff --git a/.github/allowed-actions.js b/.github/allowed-actions.js
index 8800d747c9..f93815e33b 100644
--- a/.github/allowed-actions.js
+++ b/.github/allowed-actions.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = [
   'github/codeql-action/init@v1',
   'ianwalter/puppeteer@12728ddef82390d1ecd4732fb543f62177392fbb',
   'juliangruber/approve-pull-request-action@c530832d4d346c597332e20e03605aa94fa150a8',
-  'juliangruber/find-pull-request-action@64d55773c959748ad30a4184f4dc102af1669f7b',
+  'juliangruber/find-pull-request-action@2fc55e82a6d5d36fe1e7f1848f7e64fd02d99de9',
   'juliangruber/read-file-action@e0a316da496006ffd19142f0fd594a1783f3b512',
   'lee-dohm/close-matching-issues@22002609b2555fe18f52b8e2e7c07cbf5529e8a8',
   'pascalgn/automerge-action@c9bd182',
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
index 60ad7adf7d..90664d9bb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
@@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ jobs:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.OCTOMERGER_PAT_WITH_REPO_AND_WORKFLOW_SCOPE }}
 
       - name: Find pull request
-        uses: juliangruber/find-pull-request-action@64d55773c959748ad30a4184f4dc102af1669f7b
+        uses: juliangruber/find-pull-request-action@2fc55e82a6d5d36fe1e7f1848f7e64fd02d99de9
         id: find-pull-request
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           branch: repo-sync
           base: main
+          author: Octomerger
 
       - name: Approve pull request
         if: ${{ steps.find-pull-request.outputs.number }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/translations.yml b/.github/workflows/translations.yml
index 8bfd5ba5d8..34622c3122 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translations.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ jobs:
           echo 'The repo is currently frozen! Exiting this workflow.'
           exit 1 # prevents further steps from running
       - name: Find original Pull Request
-        uses: juliangruber/find-pull-request-action@64d55773c959748ad30a4184f4dc102af1669f7b
+        uses: juliangruber/find-pull-request-action@2fc55e82a6d5d36fe1e7f1848f7e64fd02d99de9
         id: pr
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           branch: translations
+          base: main
+          author: octoglot
       - if: ${{ steps.pr.outputs.number }}
         name: Check if already labeled
         uses: actions/github-script@626af12fe9a53dc2972b48385e7fe7dec79145c9