diff --git a/.github/workflows/format.yml b/.github/workflows/format.yml
index d3565de9d3..6a06ed26e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
       - 'channels/*'
 
 jobs:
-  generate:
+  format:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ jobs:
         PULL_REQUEST_LABELS: automerge
         PULL_REQUEST_BODY: >
             This pull request is auto-generated by GitHub action.
-    - name: Automerge Pull Request
-      uses: pascalgn/automerge-action@f84dd310ea4a19890c70a4ff11ab282a872fb94b
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  automerge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: format
+    steps:
+      - name: automerge
+        uses: pascalgn/automerge-action@f84dd310ea4a19890c70a4ff11ab282a872fb94b
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"