diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/refresh-elo.yml b/.gitea/workflows/refresh-elo.yml
index 48510ea..e81177d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/refresh-elo.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/refresh-elo.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: host
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # Otherwise checkout's GITEA_TOKEN auth header overrides the PAT in the
+          # push URL, and Gitea won't trigger the deploy for a bot-token push.
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Refresh ELO data
         working-directory: sites/40k-rankings/statcheck-elo-scraper
         run: python3 refresh_elo.py