diff --git a/.github/scripts/create-security-branch.sh b/.github/scripts/create-security-branch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11a3a2f3808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/create-security-branch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Construct the security branch name
+SECURITY_BRANCH="${INPUT_RELEASE_BRANCH}+security-${INPUT_SECURITY_BRANCH_NUMBER}"
+
+# Check if branch already exists
+if git show-ref --verify --quiet "refs/heads/${SECURITY_BRANCH}"; then
+    echo "::error::Security branch ${SECURITY_BRANCH} already exists"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Create and push the new branch from the release branch
+git checkout "${INPUT_RELEASE_BRANCH}"
+git checkout -b "${SECURITY_BRANCH}"
+git push origin "${SECURITY_BRANCH}"
+
+# Output the branch name for the workflow
+echo "branch=${SECURITY_BRANCH}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-security-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/create-security-branch.yml
index c61e91bb17e..adf8ee70899 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-security-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-security-branch.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ on:
       security_branch_number:
         type: string
         description: 'The security branch number (e.g., 01)'
-        required: true
+        required: false
+        default: '01'
       repository:
         type: string
         description: 'The repository to create the security branch in (e.g., grafana/grafana-security-mirror)'
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ on:
       security_branch_number:
         type: string
         description: 'The security branch number (e.g., 01)'
-        required: true
+        required: false
+        default: '01'
       repository:
         type: string
         description: 'The repository to create the security branch in (e.g., grafana/grafana-security-mirror)'
@@ -67,9 +69,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create security branch
         id: branch
-        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/create-security-branch@main
-        with:
-          release_branch: ${{ inputs.release_branch }}
-          security_branch_number: ${{ inputs.security_branch_number }}
-          repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
-          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          INPUT_RELEASE_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.release_branch }}
+          INPUT_SECURITY_BRANCH_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.security_branch_number }}
+          INPUT_REPOSITORY: ${{ inputs.repository }}
+        run: |
+          chmod +x .github/scripts/create-security-branch.sh
+          .github/scripts/create-security-branch.sh