diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c60029896e1559..e13f4e8c26ee9a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
     name: A job to publish zulip-archive in GitHub pages
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Run archive
       id: archive
       uses: zulip/zulip-archive@master
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 61901aec4a176b1..dd3a264c0c86aba 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ github_personal_access_token=$4
 delete_history=$5
 archive_branch=$6
 
+# See https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766
+git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+
 checked_out_repo_path="$(pwd)"
 html_dir_path=$checked_out_repo_path
 json_dir_path="${checked_out_repo_path}/zulip_json"