diff --git a/.github/workflows/format.yaml b/.github/workflows/format.yaml
index f4acb944a..d7347bea9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format.yaml
@@ -28,10 +28,16 @@ jobs:
         bin/qmk pyformat
         bin/qmk fileformat
 
-    - name: Commit files
-      uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
+    - name: Become QMK Bot
+      run: |
+        git config user.name 'QMK Bot'
+        git config user.email 'hello@qmk.fm'
+
+    - name: Create Pull Request
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
       with:
-        commit_message: Format code according to conventions for $GITHUB_SHA
-        commit_user_name: QMK Bot
-        commit_user_email: hello@qmk.fm
-        commit_author: QMK Bot <hello@qmk.fm>
+        delete-branch: true
+        author: QMK Bot <hello@qmk.fm>
+        committer: QMK Bot <hello@qmk.fm>
+        commit-message: Format code according to conventions
+        title: '[CI] Format code according to conventions'