diff --git a/.github/workflows/find-inactive-collaborators.yml b/.github/workflows/find-inactive-collaborators.yml
index 1d7d8304d1888a..4de6f34691f2cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/find-inactive-collaborators.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/find-inactive-collaborators.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_USER_TOKEN }}
         with:
           author: Node.js GitHub Bot <github-bot@iojs.org>
+          branch: actions/inactive-collaborators
           body: This PR was generated by tools/find-inactive-collaborators.yml.
           commit-message: "meta: move one or more collaborators to emeritus"
           labels: meta
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license-builder.yml b/.github/workflows/license-builder.yml
index b6453d61ac5199..5f9af7bd7750ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license-builder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license-builder.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
+          author: Node.js GitHub Bot <github-bot@iojs.org>
+          branch: actions/license-builder
           title: "doc: run license-builder"
           body: "License is likely out of date. This is an automatically generated PR by the `license-builder.yml` GitHub Action, which runs `license-builder.sh` and submits a new PR or updates an existing PR."
           commit-message: 'doc: run license-builder'