diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 86f7792ae18c..e2f985429059 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - id: approve-and-merge-backport-renovate
         name: Approve and merge backport PR
-        if: github.actor == 'backport-action' || github.actor == 'renovate[bot]'
         run: |
           gh pr review ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --approve
           # Call the API directly to work around https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/8352
diff --git a/.github/workflows/retry-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/retry-workflow.yml
index b95eee8fae79..e6a96b7177a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/retry-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/retry-workflow.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # This workflow receives a run ID and triggers a retry of its failed jobs.
 # This is useful, for example, to retry dependency update PRs automatically in case of network
 # errors, flaky tests, etc.
+name: Retry Workflow Run
+
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs: