diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 5f189c7fa68c..9f7bea0dffca 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ submodule: ## Initialize the docsy theme submodule
 	git submodule update --init --recursive
 
 submodule-apply-patches: submodule ## Apply submodule patches
-	cd themes/docsy; git am < ../../patches/0001-Security-update.patch; cd ../..
+	cd themes/docsy; git -c user.name="none" -c user.email="none@none.org" am ../../patches/0001-Security-update.patch && cd ../..
 
 submodule-reset: ## Reset submodules to tracked commit
 	git submodule update --init --recursive --force
diff --git a/docs/patches/0001-Security-update.patch b/docs/patches/0001-Security-update.patch
index 20e01849eefe..3b41b3e8bb0d 100644
--- a/docs/patches/0001-Security-update.patch
+++ b/docs/patches/0001-Security-update.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-From f97e20029a8b34b66eb5356764b268fc527741f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Jacob Weinstock <jakobweinstock@gmail.com>
 Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:24:12 -0600
 Subject: [PATCH] Security update: