diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
index 770b9ff09..c65c9e0f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          publish_dir: ./docs/book/public
+          publish_dir: ./docs/book
+          user_name: 'github-actions[bot]'
+          user_email: 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
diff --git a/docs/book/book.toml b/docs/book/book.toml
index 3e19d6367..e2f1c07b5 100644
--- a/docs/book/book.toml
+++ b/docs/book/book.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ src = "src"
 title = "Cluster API Provider Linode Book"
 
 [build]
-build-dir = "public"
+build-dir = "book"
 
 [output.html]
 git-repository-url = "https://github.com/linode/cluster-api-provider-linode"