diff --git a/.github/workflows/api.yml b/.github/workflows/api.yml
index 61bd12b8ff..dd86c1426b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3
+        with:
+          # check out all branches
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@64ed1c7eab4cce3362f8c340dee64e5eaeef8f7c # v3
         with:
@@ -21,19 +24,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: yarn install
         run: |
           yarn install
-      - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3
-        with:
-          ref: docs-api
       - name: build
         run: |
           git config --global user.email "manast@taskforce.sh"
           git config --global user.name "manast"
-          git merge origin/master --no-commit --allow-unrelated-histories
+          git checkout docs-api
+          git merge master --no-edit -m "chore: merge master branch on $(date +%F)"
           yarn pretest
           yarn docs:json
           git add .
-          git commit -m "chore(api): update documentation" --no-verify
-          git push origin/docs-api
+          git push docs-api
           yarn docs:merge
         env:
           CI: true