diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-otel.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-otel.yaml
index 79f963ccd027..cc84124026ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-otel.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-otel.yaml
@@ -18,21 +18,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: opentelemetry-collector
           repository: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
-      - name: Update to latest opentelemetry-collector release
+      - name: Update to latest opentelemetry-collector release and push
         run: |
           cd opentelemetry-collector-contrib
           git config user.name opentelemetrybot
           git config user.email 107717825+opentelemetrybot@users.noreply.github.com
+          branch="opentelemetrybot/update-otel-$(date +%s)"
+          git checkout -b $branch
           make genotelcontribcol
           make update-otel
-      - name: Create pull request against main
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
-        with:
-          branch: opentelemetrybot/update-otel
-          path: opentelemetry-collector-contrib
-          base: main
-          token: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commit-message: "[chore] Update to latest opentelemetry-collector release"
-          title: "[chore] Update to latest opentelemetry-collector"
-          body: |
-              This PR updates the opentelemetry-collector dependency to the latest release.
+          git push --set-upstream origin $branch  
+          gh pr create --base main --title "[chore] Prepare release ${CANDIDATE_BETA}" --body "This PR updates the opentelemetry-collector dependency to the latest release"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}