diff --git a/.github/actions/update-workspace-dependencies/update-workspace-dependencies.sh b/.github/actions/update-workspace-dependencies/update-workspace-dependencies.sh
index 13c5cea3d..527a05b51 100644
--- a/.github/actions/update-workspace-dependencies/update-workspace-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/update-workspace-dependencies/update-workspace-dependencies.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ for dependency in ${dependencies}; do
     dep_path=`echo $dependency | sed "s#${pattern}#\1#"`
     dep_commit=`echo $dependency | sed "s#${pattern}#\4#"`
 
+    export GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT="0"
     diff_files="$(git diff --name-only ${dep_commit} -- "../${dep_path}")"
     if [ -z "${diff_files}" ] ; then
         continue
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-updates.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-updates.yaml
index c87d8ef06..fafb0bb51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-updates.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-updates.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
       - '**/README.md'
       - '**/debian/control'
       - '**/po/*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   update-po:
@@ -135,6 +136,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version-file: go.work
+      - name: Set up private repo
+        shell: bash
+        run : go env -w "GOPRIVATE=github.com/${{ github.repository }}"
       - name: Update submodules
         uses: ./.github/actions/update-workspace-dependencies
         with: