diff --git a/.github/workflows/beam_Upgrade_GCP_BOM.yml b/.github/workflows/beam_Upgrade_GCP_BOM.yml
index 480fb5230956..9cbf5bf49513 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/beam_Upgrade_GCP_BOM.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/beam_Upgrade_GCP_BOM.yml
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ jobs:
           branchName=upgrade_gcp_bom_${LATEST_VER//./_}
           git checkout -b $branchName
           git add -A
-          git diff-index --quiet HEAD || gitdiff=$? || echo $?
-          if [[ $gitDiff != 0 ]]; then
+          if ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
             echo "Changes are ready to commit"
             git commit -m "Upgrade GCP Libraries BOM to ${LATEST_VER}" --quiet
+            gh auth setup-git
             git push origin $branchName --quiet
             
             PR_BODY="This PR was created by automation. It upgrades the Google Cloud Platform Libraries BOM from **${CURRENT_VER}** to **${LATEST_VER}** and updates Netty, gRPC, Arrow, Gax, Protobuf, and OpenTelemetry versions to match.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_python_dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/update_python_dependencies.yml
index 54b8c72af99d..24cab2662bb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_python_dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_python_dependencies.yml
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ jobs:
           branchName=weekly_update_python_dependencies_$(date +%s)
           git checkout -b $branchName
           git add -A
-          git diff-index --quiet HEAD || gitdiff=$? || echo $?
-          if [[ $gitDiff != 0 ]]; then
+          if ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
             echo "Changes are ready to commit"
             git commit -m "Update Python Dependencies" --quiet
+            gh auth setup-git
             git push origin $branchName --quiet
             GITHUB_PR_URL=$(gh pr create --title "Update Python Dependencies" --label "python" --body "This PR was created by automation - by default this does not execute tests due to a limitation in GitHub Actions. To review this PR, please (1) review the contents to make sure all dependency upgrades are formatted correctly, (2) close and reopen the PR (3) Approve/merge if tests pass successfully.")
             echo "Link of the new PR  $GITHUB_PR_URL"