diff --git a/.github/workflows/openwiki-update.yml b/.github/workflows/openwiki-update.yml
index 3f153e3..da293c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openwiki-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openwiki-update.yml
@@ -14,16 +14,21 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v4
+        with:
+          # Full history so `openwiki code --update` can diff HEAD against the
+          # commit it last documented; a shallow clone hides that commit and the
+          # update runs against an empty change summary.
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
         with:
           node-version: "22"
 
       - name: Install OpenWiki
         # mermaid + jsdom are optional; they add high-fidelity validation of Mermaid diagrams. Remove if your wiki has none.
-        run: npm install --global openwiki@0.2.3 mermaid@11.16.0 jsdom@29.1.1
+        run: npm install --global openwiki mermaid@11.16.0 jsdom@29.1.1
 
       - name: Run OpenWiki
         run: openwiki code --update --print
@@ -32,11 +37,19 @@ jobs:
           GEMINI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}
           OPENWIKI_MODEL_ID: gemini-3.6-flash
 
+
+      - name: Restore protected workflow file
+        # `openwiki code --update` regenerates this file from its internal
+        # template on every run, which silently drops the guard above (see
+        # https://github.com/langchain-ai/openwiki/issues/423). Until that's
+        # fixed upstream, discard whatever the agent just wrote here so the
+        # guard always survives, regardless of whether the run above
+        # succeeded or failed.
+        if: always()
+        run: git checkout -- .github/workflows/openwiki-update.yml
+
       - name: Create OpenWiki update pull request
         uses: infinilabs/gitea-pr@v1
-        env:
-          url: ${{ secrets.GITEA_URL }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
         with:
           add-paths: |
             openwiki
@@ -45,8 +58,12 @@ jobs:
             .github/workflows/openwiki-update.yml
           branch: openwiki/update
           commit-message: "docs: update OpenWiki"
+          url: ${{ secrets.URL }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          base_branch: master
+          head_branch: openwiki/update
           title: "docs: update OpenWiki"
           body: |
             Automated OpenWiki documentation update.
 
-            This PR was generated by the scheduled OpenWiki workflow.
+            This PR was generated by the scheduled OpenWiki workflow.
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