diff --git a/.github/workflows/authors.yml b/.github/workflows/authors.yml
index 146fcdb6a2d4ad..04ca2772c0cf11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/authors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/authors.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   authors_update:
+    if: github.repository == 'nodejs/node'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2