diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip-tools.yaml b/.github/workflows/pip-tools.yaml
index 77aa57b7282..18f01c460d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip-tools.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip-tools.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Action to run pip-compile weekly and create a Pull Request with the changes.
-# Althought GitHub says that pip-compile is supported by dependabot, we couldn't make it work together.
+# Although GitHub says that pip-compile is supported by dependabot, we couldn't make it work together.
 # That's why this action exists.
 # If we ever find the proper configuration for dependabot+pip-compile,
 # we can delete this action.
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
     name: Update dependencies
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'readthedocs' # do not run this job on forks
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Update submodules
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
 
       - name: Install piptools and invoke
-        run: python -m pip install -U pip-tools invoke
+        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip-tools invoke
 
       - name: Update dependencies from requirements/*.txt
         run: invoke requirements.update