diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-dedupe.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-dedupe.yml
index 88981c2..d6e8434 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-dedupe.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-dedupe.yml
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ jobs:
           anthropic_api_key: ${{ secrets.AUTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           claude_args: "--model claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"
+          allowed_bots: "github-actions"