diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
index f887f96752..236f2ef5dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,17 @@ jobs:
           cat docs/dfx-json-schema.json
           echo "networks.json schema:"
           cat docs/networks-json-schema.json
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add docs/dfx-json-schema.json docs/networks-json-schema.json
-          git commit -m "update dfx-json-schema and networks-json-schema" || true
-          git push
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+          if [[ $(git status | wc -l) -eq 2 ]]; then
+            if [[ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }} ]]; then
+              git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
+              git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+              git add docs/dfx-json-schema.json docs/networks-json-schema.json
+              git commit -m "update dfx-json-schema and networks-json-schema" || true
+              git push
+            else
+              echo "Schemas are not up to date. Please run the following:"
+              echo "  dfx schema --outfile docs/dfx-json-schema.json"
+              echo "  dfx schema --for networks --outfile docs/networks-json-schema.json"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          fi
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