diff --git a/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml b/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
index e23e231..43f34a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: ./targetrepo
       run: |
         git config --local user.email "brutus@beeware.org"
-        git config --local user.name "Brutus (robot)"
+        git config --local user.name "Brutus[bot]"
     - name: Replace Code of Conduct
       working-directory: ./targetrepo
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checklist.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checklist.yml
index 2e16b5b..f535130 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-checklist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checklist.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   check-pr-template:
     name: Check PR template
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'dependabot[bot]' && github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'Brutus[bot]'
     steps:
       - name: Check PR body
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
index 489ee4d..bbfcf6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure git
         run: |
           git config user.email "brutus@beeware.org"
-          git config user.name "Brutus (robot)"
+          git config user.name "Brutus[bot]"
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6.2.0
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ jobs:
           title: "Bump ${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }} from ${{ steps.update.outputs.vers-bump-str }}"
           branch: "${{ env.BRANCH_PREFIX }}/${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}"
           commit-message: "Bump ${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }} from ${{ steps.update.outputs.vers-bump-str }}"
-          committer: "Brutus (robot) <brutus@beeware.org>"
-          author: "Brutus (robot) <brutus@beeware.org>"
+          committer: "Brutus[bot] <brutus@beeware.org>"
+          author: "Brutus[bot] <brutus@beeware.org>"
           body: "Bumps `pre-commit` hook for `${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}` from ${{ steps.update.outputs.vers-bump-str }} and ran the update against the repo."
           labels: "dependencies"