diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 4dd680ee5a..def7840fb9 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-- needs release notes:
-  - all:
-    - changed-files:
-      - any-glob-to-any-file: 'changes/*.rst'
+needs release notes:
+- changed-files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file: 'changes/*.rst'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml b/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml
index 7a6c5462b4..e725967518 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: "Pull Request Labeler"
 
 on:
-  - pull_request_target
+  pull_request
 
 jobs:
   labeler:
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9  # v5.0.0
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
+    - name: Run Pull Request Labeler
+      uses: actions/labeler@v5.0.0
       with:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         sync-labels: true