diff --git a/.github/workflows/project-status-update.yml b/.github/workflows/project-status-update.yml
index 47ba40a..822e9b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/project-status-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/project-status-update.yml
@@ -63,4 +63,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # Optional commit message for the created commit.
           commit_message: 'Automatic project status update'
-          file_pattern: 'project_status.md'
\ No newline at end of file
+          # Keep automated status commits out of the maintainer's history.
+          commit_user_name: github-actions[bot]
+          commit_user_email: 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+          commit_author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+          file_pattern: 'project_status.md'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quarto-build-readme.yml b/.github/workflows/quarto-build-readme.yml
index f67562d..1d1f882 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quarto-build-readme.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quarto-build-readme.yml
@@ -53,4 +53,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # Optional commit message for the created commit.
           commit_message: Automatic README update
+          # Keep workflow-generated commits attributed to GitHub Actions.
+          commit_user_name: github-actions[bot]
+          commit_user_email: 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+          commit_author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
           
diff --git a/project_status.md b/project_status.md
index 6042036..525b857 100644
--- a/project_status.md
+++ b/project_status.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Project Status Dashboard
 
-Last updated: 2026-09-09 06:11:48.887106 (UTC)
+Last updated: 2026-09-09 06:39:19.273921 (UTC)
 
 This dashboard tracks 24 EpiForeSITE projects with GitHub repositories.