diff --git a/.github/workflows/metrics.yaml b/.github/workflows/metrics.yaml
index e51c62bb4c..58f3694220 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/metrics.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/metrics.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: rustdoc
+name: metrics
 on:
   push:
    branches:
diff --git a/xtask/src/metrics.rs b/xtask/src/metrics.rs
index c2b6c000f0..343e6e5aa5 100644
--- a/xtask/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/metrics.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub fn run_metrics() -> Result<()> {
         let _d = pushd("target/metrics");
         let mut file = std::fs::OpenOptions::new().append(true).open("metrics.json")?;
         writeln!(file, "{}", metrics.json())?;
-        run!("git commit -am'📈'")?;
+        run!("git commit --author='GitHub Action <>' -am'📈' ")?;
 
         if let Ok(actor) = env::var("GITHUB_ACTOR") {
             let token = env::var("GITHUB_TOKEN").unwrap();