diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-api-schema-sha.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-api-schema-sha.yml
index 1fce816862abe..3cfb3d9eb06cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-api-schema-sha.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-api-schema-sha.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
+          git config user.email "bot@getsentry.com"
+          git config user.name "openapi-getsentry-bot"
+          git checkout --branch "bot/bump-api-schema-to-${sha:0:8}"
+
           filepath="src/gatsby/utils/resolveOpenAPI.ts"
           sha="$(curl -sSL 'https://api.github.com/repos/getsentry/sentry-api-schema/commits/main' | awk 'BEGIN { RS=",|:{\n"; FS="\""; } $2 == "sha" { print $4 }')"
           sed -i -e 's|^const SENTRY_API_SCHEMA_SHA =.*$|const SENTRY_API_SCHEMA_SHA = "'$sha'"|g' "$filepath"
-          git config user.email "bot@getsentry.com"
-          git config user.name "openapi-getsentry-bot"
+
           git add "$filepath"
           git commit -m "Bump API schema to ${sha:0:8}"
           git push
+
+          gh pr create --fill
+          gh pr merge --squash