diff --git a/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml b/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml
index 10b719acc1..ff5fef597b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        # https://github.com/actions/labeler/issues/712#issuecomment-2454544085
-        with:
-          clean: false
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-      - uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9  # v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/labeler@v4
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           sync-labels: true