diff --git a/.github/workflows/envoy-sync.yaml b/.github/workflows/envoy-sync.yaml
index 8b04690a..3c94cd75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/envoy-sync.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/envoy-sync.yaml
@@ -21,15 +21,21 @@ jobs:
           || github.actor == 'sync-envoy[bot]'
       }}
     steps:
-    # Checkout the repo
+    - id: appauth
+      uses: envoyproxy/toolshed/gh-actions/appauth@actions-v0
+      with:
+        key: ${{ secrets.ENVOY_CI_UPDATE_BOT_KEY }}
+        app_id: ${{ secrets.ENVOY_CI_UPDATE_APP_ID }}
+
     - name: 'Checkout Repository'
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         ref: main
+        token: ${{ steps.appauth.outputs.value }}
         fetch-depth: 0
 
     # Checkout the Envoy repo
-    - name: 'Checkout Repository'
+    - name: 'Checkout Envoy Repository'
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         repository: envoyproxy/envoy
@@ -41,3 +47,5 @@ jobs:
     - run: ci/sync_envoy.sh
       env:
         ENVOY_SRC_DIR: ../envoy
+        GITHUB_EMAIL: "135279899+update-envoy[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+        GITHUB_NAME: "update-envoy[bot]"
diff --git a/ci/sync_envoy.sh b/ci/sync_envoy.sh
index 080dbd32..a3ef6c2b 100755
--- a/ci/sync_envoy.sh
+++ b/ci/sync_envoy.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 set -e
 
 API_MAIN_BRANCH="main"
+COMMITTER_NAME="${GITHUB_NAME:-}"
+COMMITTER_EMAIL="${GITHUB_EMAIL:-}"
+
 
 if [[ -z "$ENVOY_SRC_DIR" ]]; then
     echo "ENVOY_SRC_DIR not set, it should point to a cloned Envoy repo" >&2
@@ -12,6 +15,9 @@ elif [[ ! -e "$ENVOY_SRC_DIR" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+git config --global user.email "$COMMITTER_EMAIL"
+git config --global user.name "$COMMITTER_NAME"
+
 
 # Determine last envoyproxy/envoy SHA in envoyproxy/data-plane-api
 MIRROR_MSG="Mirrored from https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy"