diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-from-mds.yml b/.github/workflows/update-from-mds.yml
index 46be868..857574d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-from-mds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-from-mds.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fail-on-error: false
           script: |
+            import os
             import requests
             import base64
             import json
@@ -43,7 +44,15 @@ jobs:
             mds_bytes = base64.b64decode(jwt_payload)
             mds_strings = mds_bytes.decode('utf-8')
             mds_data = json.loads(mds_strings)
-            
+
+            # Build commit msg and export to environment variable
+            mds_number = mds_data['no']
+            mds_next = mds_data['nextUpdate']
+            commit_msg=f'COMMIT_MSG=from MDS file version {mds_number}, next update expected {mds_next}.'
+            env_file = os.getenv('GITHUB_ENV')
+            with open(env_file, "a") as myfile:
+              myfile.write(commit_msg)
+              
             # Extract FIDO2 statements with non-null aaguid and required properties
             fido2_statements = [
                 entry['metadataStatement']
@@ -70,14 +79,11 @@ jobs:
             # Write combined result to file
             with open('combined_aaguid.json', 'w') as output_file:
               json.dump(result, output_file)
-      - name: Commit files
+      - name: Commit files and push
         run: |
           git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
           git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
           git add -A
-          git commit -m "bot: Update file" -a
-      - name: Push changes
-        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@v0.6.0
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: main
\ No newline at end of file
+          timestamp=$(date -u)
+          git commit -m "bot: Updated ${timestamp}, ${{ env.COMMIT_MSG }}" -a || exit 0
+          git push