diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_api.yml b/.github/workflows/generate_api.yml
index 4073d51f1..8b67d857c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_api.yml
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - name: Config git to rebase
-        run: git config --global pull.rebase true
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Config git to rebase
+        run: git config --global pull.rebase true
+
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get current date
         id: date
-        run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')"
+        run: echo "date=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: GitHub App token
         id: github_app_token
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
           token: ${{ steps.github_app_token.outputs.token }}
-          commit-message: Updated opensearch-js to reflect the latest OpenSearch API spec (${{ steps.date.outputs.date }})
+          commit-message: Updated opensearch-js to reflect the latest OpenSearch API spec (${{ env.date }})
           title: [AUTOCUT] Update opensearch-js to reflect the latest OpenSearch API spec
           body: |
             Update `opensearch-js` to reflect the latest [OpenSearch API spec](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/releases/download/main-latest/opensearch-openapi.yaml).
-            Date: ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+            Date: ${{ env.date }}
           branch: update-api-from-spec
           base: main
           signoff: true