diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-keyman-server-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-keyman-server-pr.yml
index 622e680992..677cb4046b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-keyman-server-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-keyman-server-pr.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #
 # Automatically merges pull requests opened by keyman-server
-# The initial use of this action is to increment the patch 
+# The initial use of this action is to increment the patch
 # version of Keyman with resources/build/increment-version.sh.
-# That script creates a PR and then this workflow will be 
+# That script creates a PR and then this workflow will be
 # triggered to approve the PR (from github-actions account), and
 # then automerge it.
 #
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'keyman-server' && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, 'auto:') }}
     steps:
     - name: auto approve PR from keyman-server
       uses: hmarr/auto-approve-action@v2.0.0
-      if: github.actor == 'keyman-server'
       with:
         github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
     - name: auto merge PR from keyman-server
       uses: "pascalgn/automerge-action@7854d3bd607dccdaf0b2c134b699a812c8960213"
-      if: github.actor == 'keyman-server'
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.AUTOINC_GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
         MERGE_LABELS: ""