diff --git a/.github/workflows/keep-alive.yml b/.github/workflows/keep-alive.yml
index e43e8d6..a600ac2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/keep-alive.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/keep-alive.yml
@@ -12,25 +12,22 @@ jobs:
   keep-workflow-alive:
     name: Keep workflow alive
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: master
 
-      - name: Get date from 50 days ago
-        run: |
-          datethen=`date -d "-50 days" --utc +%FT%TZ`
-          echo "datelimit=$datethen" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: setup git config
-        if: github.event.repository.pushed_at <= env.datelimit
-        run: |
-          # setup the username and email.
-          git config user.name "Github Actions Keepalive Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-
       - name: commit IF last commit is older than 50 days
-        if: github.event.repository.pushed_at <= env.datelimit
         run: |
-          git commit -m "Empty commit to keep the gihub workflows alive" --allow-empty
-          git push origin master
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+          datethen=$(date -d "-50 days" --utc +%s)
+          last_push=$(git log -1 --format=%ct)
+          if [ "$last_push" -le "$datethen" ]; then
+            git config user.name "Github Actions Keepalive Bot"
+            git config user.email "<>"
+            git commit -m "Empty commit to keep the github workflows alive" --allow-empty
+            git push origin master
+          else
+            echo "Last commit is recent enough, skipping keepalive commit."
+          fi
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