diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-reference.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-reference.yml
index 79cf06d027..9b0a92f6e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-reference.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-reference.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
         with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.REFERENCE_PAT }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Node.js environment
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
         with: 
-          token: ${{ secrets.REFERENCE_PAT }}
-          commit_message: Automatically Generated Services Reference
+          commit_message: "docs: automatically Generated Services Reference"
           file_pattern: docs/content/*
           skip_dirty_check: false