diff --git a/.github/workflows/delete-orphan-translation-files.yml b/.github/workflows/delete-orphan-translation-files.yml
index da1e7cec5edb..350f9992cff6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/delete-orphan-translation-files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/delete-orphan-translation-files.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ jobs:
             --title "Delete orphan files ($current_daystamp)" \
             --body '👋 humans. This PR was generated from docs-internal/.github/workflows/delete-orphan-translation-files.yml.
             ' \
-            --repo "${{ matrix.language_repo }}"
+            --repo "${{ matrix.language_repo }}" \
+            --head=$branch_name
           echo "Merge created PR..."
           retry_command gh pr merge --merge --auto --delete-branch "$branch_name"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-audit-logs.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-audit-logs.yml
index f0226617d16b..75b371cb2d18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-audit-logs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-audit-logs.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ jobs:
           # If nothing to commit, exit now. It's fine. No orphans.
           changes=$(git diff --name-only | wc -l)
           untracked=$(git status --untracked-files --short | wc -l)
-          if [[ $changes -eq 0 ]] && [[ $untracked -eq 0 ]]; then
+          filesChanged=$(git diff --name-only)
+          # There will always be at least one file changed:
+          # src/audit-logs/lib/config.json
+          # If the config file is the only file changed, exit.
+          if [[ $changes -eq 1 ]] && [[ $untracked -eq 1 ]] && [[ $filesChanged == *lib/config.json ]]; then
             echo "There are no changes to commit or untracked files. Exiting..."
             exit 0
           fi
@@ -83,7 +87,8 @@ jobs:
 
             If CI does not pass or other problems arise, contact #docs-engineering on slack.' \
             --repo github/docs-internal \
-            --label audit-log-pipeline
+            --label audit-log-pipeline \
+            --head=$branchname
 
           # can't approve your own PR, approve with Actions
           unset GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
           # Actions can't merge the PR so back to docs-bot to merge the PR
           unset GITHUB_TOKEN
           gh auth login --with-token <<< "${{ secrets.DOCS_BOT_PAT_WORKFLOW_READORG }}"
-          gh pr merge --auto --delete-branch
+          gh pr merge --auto
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/slack-alert
         if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-secret-scanning.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-secret-scanning.yml
index 8a1ef68e338a..9d90f9b9606a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-secret-scanning.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-secret-scanning.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ jobs:
 
             If CI does not pass or other problems arise, contact #docs-engineering on Slack.' \
             --repo github/docs-internal \
-            --label secret-scanning-pipeline,'skip FR board',ready-for-doc-review
+            --label secret-scanning-pipeline,'skip FR board',ready-for-doc-review \
+            --head=$branchname
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/slack-alert
         if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}