diff --git a/.github/workflows/cacerts-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/cacerts-release.yaml
index dc5b350a1e..d595c07b56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cacerts-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cacerts-release.yaml
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ jobs:
           title: Update ca-certificates in ${{ steps.figure-out-branch.outputs.BRANCH }} from ${{ steps.apply-patch.outputs.VERSION_OLD }} to ${{ steps.nss-latest-release.outputs.NSS_VERSION }}
           body: Subject says it all.
           labels: ${{ steps.figure-out-branch.outputs.LABEL }}
+          signoff: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/firmware-release-main.yaml b/.github/workflows/firmware-release-main.yaml
index 4059da7e52..e05b7ccde5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/firmware-release-main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/firmware-release-main.yaml
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ jobs:
           title: Upgrade Linux Firmware in main from ${{ steps.apply-patch-main.outputs.VERSION_OLD }} to ${{ steps.firmware-latest-release.outputs.VERSION_NEW }}
           body: Subject says it all.
           labels: main
+          signoff: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kernel-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/kernel-release.yaml
index edb133ba0e..8a40694616 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kernel-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kernel-release.yaml
@@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ jobs:
           title: Upgrade Linux Kernel for ${{ steps.figure-out-branch.outputs.BRANCH }} from ${{ steps.apply-patch.outputs.VERSION_OLD }} to ${{ steps.kernel-latest-release.outputs.KERNEL_VERSION }}
           body: Subject says it all.
           labels: ${{ steps.figure-out-branch.outputs.LABEL }}
+          signoff: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mantle-releases-main.yml b/.github/workflows/mantle-releases-main.yml
index 3fcbeb58d5..0035158d63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mantle-releases-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mantle-releases-main.yml
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ jobs:
           title: Upgrade mantle container image to latest HEAD in ${{ steps.figure-out-branch.outputs.BRANCH }}
           commit-message: Update mantle container image to latest HEAD
           delete-branch: true
+          signoff: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-metadata-glsa.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-metadata-glsa.yaml
index ead1c2a406..b299785fee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-metadata-glsa.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-metadata-glsa.yaml
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ jobs:
           commit-message: "portage-stable/metadata: Monthly GLSA metadata updates"
           author: Flatcar Buildbot <buildbot@flatcar-linux.org>
           labels: main
+          signoff: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vmware-release-main.yaml b/.github/workflows/vmware-release-main.yaml
index bc782407e4..2f11a42145 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vmware-release-main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vmware-release-main.yaml
@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ jobs:
           title: Upgrade open-vm-tools in main from ${{ steps.apply-patch-main.outputs.VERSION_OLD }} to ${{ steps.openvmtools-latest-release.outputs.VERSION_NEW }}
           body: Subject says it all.
           labels: main
+          signoff: true
diff --git a/ci-automation/ci_automation_common.sh b/ci-automation/ci_automation_common.sh
index 80c74ce616..80d1ac4cd0 100644
--- a/ci-automation/ci_automation_common.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/ci_automation_common.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function update_and_push_version() {
     # Add and commit local changes
     git add "sdk_container/.repo/manifests/version.txt"
 
-    git commit -s --allow-empty -m "New version: ${version}"
+    git commit --signoff --allow-empty -m "New version: ${version}"
 
     git fetch --all --tags --force
     local -i ret=0