diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-single-english-index.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-single-english-index.yml
index cc4eb41e89..11fc059cd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-single-english-index.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-single-english-index.yml
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
           echo 'git config user.email action@github.com'
           git config user.email action@github.com
-          echo 'git commit -am "update search indexes"'
-          git commit -am 'update search indexes'
+          echo 'git add lib/search/indexes'
+          git add lib/search/indexes/*
+          echo 'git commit -m "update search indexes"'
+          git commit -m 'update search indexes'
           echo 'git lfs push --all origin'
           git lfs push --all origin
           echo 'git push origin' $GITHUB_HEAD_REF '--set-upstream'