diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 3960a85d51..6c11d6ef55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ jobs:
           poetry-version: latest
       - name: Install dependencies, compile and deploy docs
         run: |
-          git config user.name jj-docs-bot
-          git config user.email jj-docs-bot@users.noreply.github.io
+          git config user.name jj-docs[bot]
+          git config user.email jj-docs[bot]@users.noreply.github.io
           .github/scripts/docs-build-deploy 'https://martinvonz.github.io/jj' prerelease main --push
       - name: "Show `git diff --stat`"
         run: git diff --stat gh-pages^ gh-pages || echo "(No diffs)"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9a7a1f73ab..b8bdf57f0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ jobs:
           poetry-version: latest
       - name: Install dependencies, compile and deploy docs to the "latest release" section of the website
         run: |
-          git config user.name jj-docs-bot
-          git config user.email jj-docs-bot@users.noreply.github.io
+          git config user.name jj-docs[bot]
+          git config user.email jj-docs[bot]@users.noreply.github.io
           # Using the 'latest' tag below makes the website default
           # to this version.
           .github/scripts/docs-build-deploy 'https://martinvonz.github.io/jj' "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" latest --update-aliases --push