diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-create-collector-contrib-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-create-collector-contrib-pull-request.yml
index 833422a4..5bab4c23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-create-collector-contrib-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-create-collector-contrib-pull-request.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ jobs:
           git diff
 
       - name: Use CLA approved github bot
-        run: .github/scripts/use-cla-approved-github-bot.sh
+        run: |
+          # cannot run the use-cla-approved-github-bot.sh script here since in a different repo
+          git config user.name opentelemetrybot
+          git config user.email 107717825+opentelemetrybot@users.noreply.github.com
 
       - name: Create pull request against opentelemetry-collector-contrib
         env: