diff --git a/.github/workflows/sign-off.yml b/.github/workflows/sign-off.yml
index 398e7b7a9a95d67b0046a90a68c5651d31de4682..812653daaf68ba07c6ae8b9ef3ca45a54db8e2f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sign-off.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sign-off.yml
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   signoff:
-    uses: matrix-org/backend-meta/.github/workflows/sign-off.yml@v1.4.0
-          
+    uses: matrix-org/backend-meta/.github/workflows/sign-off.yml@v2
diff --git a/changelog.d/901.misc b/changelog.d/901.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..21357c39ef9a622b6de916f35c4c8cc03a389631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/901.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update the GitHub action used for checking pull requests for sign-off status.