diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index 54c79b1ca28..c333e6f2386 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        run: git clone --depth=1 "https://github.com/grafana/grafana.git" && cd grafana
-      - run: git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-      - run: git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-      - run: git config --local --add --bool push.autoSetupRemote true
+        run: git clone --depth=1 "https://github.com/grafana/grafana.git"
+      - run: cd grafana && git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+      - run: cd grafana && git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+      - run: cd grafana && git config --local --add --bool push.autoSetupRemote true
       - name: Set remote URL
         env:
           GIT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          git remote set-url origin "https://grafana-delivery-bot:$GIT_TOKEN@github.com/grafana/grafana.git"
+        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]
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}