diff --git a/.github/workflows/site-policy-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/site-policy-sync.yml
index 7d88c6a5f1..fdf9afcdf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/site-policy-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/site-policy-sync.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Site policy sync
 
-# **What it does**: Updates our site-policy repo when changes happen to site policy docs.
-# **Why we have it**: We want keep site-policy repo up to date.
+# **What it does**: Creates a branch in our site-policy repo with changes to site policy docs.
+# **Why we have it**: We want to keep the site-policy repo up to date.
 # **Who does it impact**: site-policy-admins and Developer Policy teams.
 
 # Controls when the action will run.
@@ -53,24 +53,17 @@ jobs:
           echo "DESCRIPTION=$DESCRIPTION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           git commit -m "$(echo $DESCRIPTION)"
 
-      - name: If there are changes to push, create a pull request in the public repo using the gh command line tool, then immediately approve the PR
-        id: createAndMergePullRequest
+      - name: If there are changes to push, create a branch in the public repo and push changes
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_SITEPOLICY }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCUBOT_REPO_PAT }}
         run: |
           cd public-repo
           git config --local user.name 'site-policy-bot'
           git config --local user.email 'site-policy-bot@github.com'
-          DIFF=$(git diff --name-status --summary HEAD^..HEAD)
           NUM_FILES_CHANGED=$(git diff --name-only HEAD^..HEAD | wc -l)
-          [[ $NUM_FILES_CHANGED -ge 2 ]] && TITLE="Sync changes from GitHub Docs" || TITLE=$(echo $DIFF | sed -e 's/^A\s/Added /g;s/^D\s/Deleted /g;s/^C\s/Copied /g;s/^M\s/Modified /g;s/^R100\s/Renamed /g;')
-          if [[ ! -z $TITLE ]]
+          if [[ $NUM_FILES_CHANGED -ge 1]]
             then
-              echo -e "This is an automated pull request to sync changes from GitHub Docs.\n\nDiff summary:\n\n${DIFF}" > msg
               git push --set-upstream origin automated-sync-$GITHUB_RUN_ID
-              PR_URL=$(gh pr create --title "${TITLE}" --body-file msg --head automated-sync-$GITHUB_RUN_ID --base main --repo github/site-policy)
-              gh pr diff ${PR_URL}
-              gh pr review --approve || echo "Nothing to approve"
             else
               echo "No updates to push to the public repo"
           fi