diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-dependents-count.yml b/.github/workflows/update-dependents-count.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba9932699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-dependents-count.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Update dependents count
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    # “At 00:00 on day-of-month 1.” https://crontab.guru/#0_0_1_*_*
+    - cron: "0 0 1 * *"
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    name: Update dependents count
+    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'prettier/prettier'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          cache: "yarn"
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: yarn --immutable
+
+      - name: Run script
+        run: node scripts/update-dependents-count.js
+
+      - name: Format website
+        run: yarn prettier website/src/pages/index.jsx --write
+
+      - name: Set current date env
+        run: echo "CURRENT_DATE=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5f6978faf089d4d20b00c7766989d076bb2fc7f1 # v8.1.1
+        with:
+          commit-message: Update dependents count (${{ env.CURRENT_DATE }})
+          branch: automated-update-dependents-count-${{ env.CURRENT_DATE }}
+          branch-suffix: timestamp
+          title: Update dependents count (${{ env.CURRENT_DATE }})
diff --git a/scripts/release/run.js b/scripts/release/run.js
index d79a52f4c..ba208e88c 100644
--- a/scripts/release/run.js
+++ b/scripts/release/run.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ for (let step of [
     name: "Merge release notes PR",
     process: steps.mergeBlogPost,
   },
-  steps.updateDependentsCount,
   {
     name: "Cleaning changelog",
     process: steps.cleanChangelog,
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/index.js b/scripts/release/steps/index.js
index 888dfe24b..f26e977bb 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/index.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export { default as publishToNpm } from "./publish-to-npm.js";
 export { default as pushToGit } from "./push-to-git.js";
 export { default as showInstructionsAfterNpmPublish } from "./show-instructions-after-npm-publish.js";
 export { default as updateChangelog } from "./update-changelog.js";
-export { default as updateDependentsCount } from "./update-dependents-count.js";
 export { default as updateVersion } from "./update-version.js";
 export { default as validateNewVersion } from "./validate-new-version.js";
 export { default as waitForBotRelease } from "./wait-for-bot-release.js";
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/update-dependents-count.js b/scripts/release/steps/update-dependents-count.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ebd17a1be..000000000
--- a/scripts/release/steps/update-dependents-count.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-import styleText from "node-style-text";
-import { fetchText, logPromise, processFile, runGit } from "../utilities.js";
-
-async function getNpmDependentsCount() {
-  const npmPage = await logPromise(
-    "Fetching npm dependents count",
-    fetchText("https://www.npmjs.com/package/prettier"),
-  );
-  const dependentsCountNpm = Number(
-    npmPage.match(/"dependentsCount":"(?<dependentsCount>\d+)",/).groups
-      .dependentsCount,
-  );
-  if (Number.isNaN(dependentsCountNpm)) {
-    throw new TypeError(
-      "Invalid data from https://www.npmjs.com/package/prettier",
-    );
-  }
-
-  return dependentsCountNpm;
-}
-
-async function getGithubDependentsCount() {
-  const githubPage = await logPromise(
-    "Fetching github dependents count",
-    fetchText("https://github.com/prettier/prettier/network/dependents"),
-  );
-  const dependentsCountGithub = Number(
-    githubPage
-      .replaceAll("\n", "")
-      .match(
-        /<svg.*?octicon-code-square.*?>.*?<\/svg>\s*(?<dependentsCount>[\d,]+)\s*Repositories\s*<\/a>/,
-      )
-      .groups.dependentsCount.replaceAll(",", ""),
-  );
-  if (Number.isNaN(dependentsCountGithub)) {
-    throw new TypeError(
-      "Invalid data from https://github.com/prettier/prettier/network/dependents",
-    );
-  }
-
-  return dependentsCountGithub;
-}
-
-async function update({ repo }) {
-  const [
-    { value: dependentsCountNpm, reason: dependentsNpmError },
-    { value: dependentsCountGithub, reason: dependentsGithubError },
-  ] = await Promise.allSettled([
-    getNpmDependentsCount(),
-    getGithubDependentsCount(),
-  ]);
-
-  if (dependentsCountNpm || dependentsCountGithub) {
-    processFile("website/src/pages/index.jsx", (content) => {
-      if (dependentsCountNpm) {
-        content = content.replace(
-          /(<strong data-placeholder="dependent-npm">)(.*?)(<\/strong>)/,
-          `$1${formatNumber(dependentsCountNpm)}$3`,
-        );
-      }
-
-      if (dependentsCountGithub) {
-        content = content.replace(
-          /(<strong data-placeholder="dependent-github">)(.*?)(<\/strong>)/,
-          `$1${formatNumber(dependentsCountGithub)}$3`,
-        );
-      }
-
-      return content;
-    });
-
-    const isUpdated = await logPromise(
-      "Checking if dependents count has been updated",
-      async () =>
-        (await runGit(["diff", "--name-only"])).stdout ===
-        "website/src/pages/index.jsx",
-    );
-
-    if (isUpdated) {
-      await logPromise("Committing and pushing to remote", async () => {
-        await runGit(["add", "."]);
-        await runGit(["commit", "-m", "Update dependents count"]);
-        await runGit(["push", "--repo", repo]);
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (dependentsNpmError) {
-    throw dependentsNpmError;
-  }
-
-  if (dependentsGithubError) {
-    throw dependentsGithubError;
-  }
-}
-
-function formatNumber(value) {
-  if (value < 1e4) {
-    return String(value).slice(0, 1) + "0".repeat(String(value).length - 1);
-  }
-  if (value < 1e6) {
-    return Math.floor(value / 1e2) / 10 + "k";
-  }
-  return Math.floor(value / 1e5) / 10 + " million";
-}
-
-export default async function updateDependentsCount({ dry, next, repo }) {
-  if (dry || next) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  try {
-    await update({ repo });
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.log(styleText.red.bold(error.message));
-  }
-}
diff --git a/scripts/update-dependents-count.js b/scripts/update-dependents-count.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..923d2f99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-dependents-count.js
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+
+async function fetchText(url) {
+  const response = await fetch(url);
+  assert.ok(response.ok, `Failed to fetch ${url}: ${response.status}`);
+  return response.text();
+}
+
+async function getNpmDependentsCount() {
+  const npmPage = await fetchText("https://www.npmjs.com/package/prettier");
+  const matches = npmPage.match(/"dependentsCount":"(?<dependentsCount>\d+)",/);
+
+  assert.ok(
+    matches,
+    "Invalid data from https://www.npmjs.com/package/prettier",
+  );
+
+  const dependentsCountNpm = Number(matches.groups.dependentsCount);
+  assert.ok(
+    !Number.isNaN(dependentsCountNpm),
+    "Invalid data from https://www.npmjs.com/package/prettier",
+  );
+
+  return dependentsCountNpm;
+}
+
+async function getGithubDependentsCount() {
+  const githubPage = await fetchText(
+    "https://github.com/prettier/prettier/network/dependents",
+  );
+  const dependentsCountGithub = Number(
+    githubPage
+      .replaceAll("\n", "")
+      .match(
+        /<svg.*?octicon-code-square.*?>.*?<\/svg>\s*(?<dependentsCount>[\d,]+)\s*Repositories\s*<\/a>/,
+      )
+      .groups.dependentsCount.replaceAll(",", ""),
+  );
+  assert.ok(
+    !Number.isNaN(dependentsCountGithub),
+    "Invalid data from https://github.com/prettier/prettier/network/dependents",
+  );
+
+  return dependentsCountGithub;
+}
+
+async function update() {
+  const [
+    { value: dependentsCountNpm, reason: dependentsNpmError },
+    { value: dependentsCountGithub, reason: dependentsGithubError },
+  ] = await Promise.allSettled([
+    getNpmDependentsCount(),
+    getGithubDependentsCount(),
+  ]);
+
+  const file = new URL("../website/src/pages/index.jsx", import.meta.url);
+  const original = await fs.readFile(file, "utf8");
+
+  let content = original;
+  for (const { name, error, value, update } of [
+    {
+      name: "NPM dependents count",
+      error: dependentsNpmError,
+      value: dependentsCountNpm,
+      update: (text, value) =>
+        text.replace(
+          /(?<=<strong data-placeholder="dependent-npm">).*?(?=<\/strong>)/,
+          formatNumber(value),
+        ),
+    },
+    {
+      name: "GitHub dependents count",
+      error: dependentsGithubError,
+      value: dependentsCountGithub,
+      update: (text, value) =>
+        text.replace(
+          /(?<=<strong data-placeholder="dependent-github">).*?(?=<\/strong>)/,
+          formatNumber(value),
+        ),
+    },
+  ]) {
+    if (error) {
+      console.log(`❌ Failed to update ${name}.`);
+    } else {
+      console.log(`✅ ${name} updated.`);
+      content = update(content, value);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (original !== content) {
+    await fs.writeFile(file, content);
+  }
+
+  if (dependentsNpmError) {
+    console.log();
+    console.error(dependentsNpmError);
+  }
+
+  if (dependentsGithubError) {
+    console.log();
+    console.error(dependentsGithubError);
+  }
+}
+
+function formatNumber(value) {
+  if (value < 1e4) {
+    return String(value).slice(0, 1) + "0".repeat(String(value).length - 1);
+  }
+  if (value < 1e6) {
+    return Math.floor(value / 1e2) / 10 + "k";
+  }
+  return Math.floor(value / 1e5) / 10 + " million";
+}
+
+await update();