diff --git a/.github/workflows/upgrade_codeql_dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/upgrade_codeql_dependencies.yml
index 6474aaffb7..73721d5581 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upgrade_codeql_dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upgrade_codeql_dependencies.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ env:
   XARGS_MAX_PROCS: 4
 
 jobs:
-  say_hello:
+  upgrade_codeql_dependencies:
     env:
       CODEQL_CLI_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.codeql_cli_version }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -33,26 +33,29 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           CODEQL_CLI_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.codeql_cli_version }}
         run: |
-          scripts/upgrade-codeql-dependencies/upgrade_codeql_dependencies.py --cli-version "$CODEQL_CLI_VERSION"
+          python3 scripts/upgrade-codeql-dependencies/upgrade-codeql-dependencies.py --cli-version "$CODEQL_CLI_VERSION"
 
       - name: Fetch CodeQL
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
         run: |
+          cd $RUNNER_TEMP
           gh release download "v${CODEQL_CLI_VERSION}" --repo https://github.com/github/codeql-cli-binaries --pattern codeql-linux64.zip
           unzip -q codeql-linux64.zip
 
       - name: Update CodeQL formatting based on new CLI version
+        env:
+          RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
         run: |
-          find cpp -name '*.ql' -or -name '*.qll' | xargs --max-procs "$XARGS_MAX_PROCS" --max-args 1 codeql/codeql query format --in-place
-          find c -name '*.ql' -or -name '*.qll' | xargs --max-procs "$XARGS_MAX_PROCS" --max-args 1 codeql/codeql query format --in-place
+          find cpp \( -name '*.ql' -or -name '*.qll' \) -print0 | xargs -0 --max-procs "$XARGS_MAX_PROCS" $RUNNER_TEMP/codeql/codeql query format --in-place
+          find c \( -name '*.ql' -or -name '*.qll' \) -print0 | xargs -0 --max-procs "$XARGS_MAX_PROCS" $RUNNER_TEMP/codeql/codeql query format --in-place
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
         with:
-          title: "Upgrading `github/codeql` dependency to ${{ github.event.inputs.codeql_standard_library_commit }}"
-          body: "This PR upgrades the CodeQL CLI version to ${{ github.event.inputs.codeql_cli_version }} and the `github/codeql` version to ${{ github.event.inputs.codeql_standard_library_commit }}."
-          commit-message: "Upgrading `github/codeql` dependency to ${{ github.event.inputs.codeql_standard_library_commit }}"
-          team-reviewers: github/codeql-coding-standards
+          title: "Upgrading `github/codeql` dependency to ${{ github.event.inputs.codeql_cli_version }}"
+          body: "This PR upgrades the CodeQL CLI version to ${{ github.event.inputs.codeql_cli_version }}."
+          commit-message: "Upgrading `github/codeql` dependency to ${{ github.event.inputs.codeql_cli_version }}"
           delete-branch: true
           branch: "codeql/upgrade-to-${{ github.event.inputs.codeql_cli_version }}"