diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8c7cf9d..25bd031 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
               repo: context.repo.repo,
               issue_number: issue_number,
             });
-            const approvalComment = comments.data.find(comment => comment.body.includes('Please approve this PR by reacting with an "ok" emoji to this comment.') && comment.user.login === 'github-actions[bot]');
+            const approvalComment = comments.data.find(comment => comment.body.includes('Please approve this PR by reacting with an "👍".') && comment.user.login === 'github-actions[bot]');
             if (approvalComment) {
               core.setOutput('commentExists', 'true');
               core.setOutput('commentId', approvalComment.id);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
               issue_number: issue_number,
-              body: 'Please approve this PR by reacting with an "ok" emoji to this comment.'
+              body: 'Please approve this PR by reacting with an "👍".'
             });
             core.setOutput('result', comment.data.id);
             return comment.data.id;
@@ -83,10 +83,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Wait for Approval
         run: |
           comment_id=${{ steps.check-comment.outputs.result || steps.create-comment.outputs.result }}
+          echo "Comment ID: $comment_id"
           counter=0
           while [ $counter -lt 15 ]; do
+            echo "Checking for approvals, attempt $((counter + 1))"
             response=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json" "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues/comments/$comment_id/reactions")
-            approved=$(echo "$response" | jq '.[] | select(.content == "ok") | .user.login' | grep -wFf <(echo $TEAM_MEMBERS))
+            echo "Response: $response"
+            approved=$(echo "$response" | jq '.[] | select(.content == "+1") | .user.login')
+            echo "Approved: $approved"
             if [ -n "$approved" ]; then
               echo "PR has been approved by a team member."
               break
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ jobs:
             sleep 60
             ((counter++))
           done
+
           if [ $counter -ge 15 ]; then
             echo "Timeout reached for Approval - 15m. Exiting..."
             exit 1