diff --git a/.github/scripts/plugin-helper-gh-pr-create.sh b/.github/scripts/plugin-helper-gh-pr-create.sh
index ec18035b0c..f32d8bdad3 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/plugin-helper-gh-pr-create.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/plugin-helper-gh-pr-create.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
 # this script expects the following env vars to be set
 #  - GITHUB_TOKEN
-#  - PLUGIN_REPO_NAME
-#  - BRANCH_NAME
+#  - PLUGIN_REPO
+#  - VAULT_BRANCH
+#  - PLUGIN_BRANCH
 #  - RUN_ID
 
 # we are using the GH API directly so that we can get the resluting
 # PR URL from the JSON response
 
 reviewers="fairclothjm,kpcraig"
-resp=$(curl -L \
+resp=$(curl -sL \
   -X POST \
   -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
   -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}"\
@@ -18,9 +19,9 @@ resp=$(curl -L \
   https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/vault/pulls \
   --data @<(cat <<EOF
 {
-  "title":"[DO NOT MERGE]: $PLUGIN_REPO_NAME Automated plugin update check",
-  "body":"Updates $PLUGIN_REPO_NAME to verify vault CI. Full log: https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/actions/runs/$RUN_ID",
-  "head":"$BRANCH_NAME",
+  "title":"[DO NOT MERGE]: $PLUGIN_REPO Automated plugin update check",
+  "body":"Updates $PLUGIN_REPO to verify vault CI. Full log: https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/actions/runs/$RUN_ID",
+  "head":"$VAULT_BRANCH",
   "base":"master",
   "label": "dependencies,pr/no-changelog,pr/no-milestone",
   "reviewer": "$reviewers",
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ EOF
 vault_pr_url=$(echo "$resp" | jq '.html_url')
 
 # get Plugin PR number
-plugin_pr_num=$(gh pr list --head "$BRANCH_NAME" --json number --repo hashicorp/vault-plugin-database-snowflake -q '.[0].number')
+plugin_pr_num=$(gh pr list --head "$PLUGIN_BRANCH" --json number --repo hashicorp/$PLUGIN_REPO -q '.[0].number')
 
 # make a comment on the plugin repo's PR
-gh pr comment $plugin_pr_num --body "Vault CI check PR: $vault_pr_url" --repo hashicorp/$PLUGIN_REPO_NAME
+gh pr comment $plugin_pr_num --body "Vault CI check PR: $vault_pr_url" --repo hashicorp/$PLUGIN_REPO
diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugin-update-check.yml b/.github/workflows/plugin-update-check.yml
index f3199d9cfb..bcf53542aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugin-update-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugin-update-check.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ on:
         type: string
         description: the hash of the plugin repo commit to use
         required: true
+      plugin_branch:
+        type: string
+        description: the name of the plugin branch
+        required: true
 
 jobs:
   plugin-update-check:
@@ -24,11 +28,12 @@ jobs:
       #    }
       #  }
       COMMIT_SHA: "${{inputs.sha}}"
-      PLUGIN_REPO_NAME: "${{inputs.repo}}"
+      PLUGIN_REPO: "${{inputs.repo}}"
+      PLUGIN_BRANCH: "${{inputs.plugin_branch}}"
+      VAULT_BRANCH: "auto-plugin-update/${{inputs.repo}}/${{inputs.sha}}"
       RUN_ID: "${{github.run_id}}"
-      BRANCH_NAME: "auto-plugin-update-${{inputs.repo}}-${{inputs.sha}}"
     steps:
-      - run: echo "would use $COMMIT_SHA of $PLUGIN_REPO_NAME"
+      - run: echo "would use $COMMIT_SHA of $PLUGIN_REPO"
         # checkout
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3 # should be a sha, but eh
         with:
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       - name: update plugin
         run: |
-          go get "github.com/hashicorp/$PLUGIN_REPO_NAME@$COMMIT_SHA"
+          go get "github.com/hashicorp/$PLUGIN_REPO@$COMMIT_SHA"
           go mod tidy
       - name: detect changes
         id: changes
@@ -52,14 +57,14 @@ jobs:
           git config user.email hc-github-team-secure-vault-ecosystem@users.noreply.github.com
           git add .
           git commit -m "Automated dependency upgrades"
-          git push -f origin ${{ github.ref_name }}:"$BRANCH_NAME"
+          git push -f origin ${{ github.ref_name }}:"$VAULT_BRANCH"
       - name: Open pull request if needed
         if: steps.changes.outputs.count > 0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN}}
         # Only open a PR if the branch is not attached to an existing one
         run: |
-          PR=$(gh pr list --head "$BRANCH_NAME" --json number -q '.[0].number')
+          PR=$(gh pr list --head "$VAULT_BRANCH" --json number -q '.[0].number')
 
           if [ -z "$PR" ]; then
             # call the script to create the plugin update PR on Vault