diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-sync.yml
index 349a63a908a..5bd33c9397b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-sync.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 name: Sync Dependabot Bump
 on:
   pull_request:
-    types: [opened, reopened, edited]
-permissions:
-  pull-requests: write
+    types: [opened, synchronize]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
 
 jobs:
   sync:
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     name: Sync dependency files
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        node-version: [16.x]
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -28,8 +25,9 @@ jobs:
         run: node ./scripts/sync-dependencies.mjs ${{ github.head_ref }}
       - name: Commit Changes
         run: |
+          git add .
           git status
           git config user.name github-actions
           git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-          git commit -am "[dependabot skip] bumped ${{ github.head_ref }} changes in config/dependencies.yaml"
+          git commit -m "[dependabot skip] bumped ${{ github.head_ref }} changes in config/dependencies.yaml"
           git push
diff --git a/scripts/sync-dependencies.mjs b/scripts/sync-dependencies.mjs
index 358bcbf9fe3..38b06d12838 100644
--- a/scripts/sync-dependencies.mjs
+++ b/scripts/sync-dependencies.mjs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const dependency = branchName
 // because this is from dependabot,
 // and because we want all our versions synced
 // we simply find and replace the version wherever it is specified
-const rgx = new RegExp(`(?<='${dependency}':\\W{0,2}\\w*\\W?')\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+(?=')`, 'g')
+const rgx = new RegExp(`(?<='@?${dependency}':\\W{0,2}\\w*\\W?')\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+(?=')`, 'g')
 const newDepsRaw = oldDepsRaw.replace(rgx, dependencyVersion)
 console.log(`Updating ${dependency} version to ${dependencyVersion} in config/dependencies.yaml`)