diff --git a/.github/workflows/encode-and-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/encode-and-commit.yml
index 639c139..925a3f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/encode-and-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/encode-and-commit.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ jobs:
           language: 'en'
       - uses: endbug/add-and-commit@v8
         with:
+            default_author: github_actions
             message: '[CI] Update W3Strings'