diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index c333e6f2386..07e64fe437b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: cd grafana && git remote set-url origin "https://grafana-delivery-bot:$GIT_TOKEN@github.com/grafana/grafana.git"
       - name: Run backport
-        working-directory: grafana
-        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/backport@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
+        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/backport@main
         with:
+          path: grafana
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}