diff --git a/.github/workflows/translations.yaml b/.github/workflows/translations.yaml
index 201407a97f..7d836119b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translations.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translations.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ jobs:
         run: rm -rf src/backend/InvenTree/static
       - name: Remove all local changes that are not *.po files
         run: |
+          git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git add src/backend/InvenTree/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po src/frontend/src/locales/en/messages.po
           git commit -m "add translations"
           git reset --hard