diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-upstream.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge-upstream.yaml
index ac34bf49db..9955437c0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-upstream.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-upstream.yaml
@@ -12,19 +12,37 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           ref: main
-          fetch-depth: 0 
-      - name: Merge Upstream
-        uses: exions/merge-upstream@v1
-        with:
-          upstream: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo
-          upstream-branch: main
-          branch: main
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: fetch and push
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          UPSTREAM: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo
+        run: |       
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions"
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions@users.noreply.github.com"
+          
+          git remote add upstream "${UPSTREAM}"
+
+          # Get all recent branches and commits from the upstream
+          git fetch upstream main
+
+          git rebase upstream/main
+
+          if [ "$(git status | grep diverged)" ]; then
+            git push origin $(git branch --show-current) --force-with-lease;
+          fi;
   notify-failure:
     needs: [merge_upstream]
     if: always() && needs.merge_upstream.result != 'success'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+    - name: Get previous workflow status
+      uses: Mercymeilya/last-workflow-status@v0.3.3
+      id: last_status
+      with:
+        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     - name: Slack notification
+      if: success() && steps.last_status.outputs.last_status == 'success'
       env:
         SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.OTELSLACKCHANNELWEBHOOK }}
         SLACK_UNFURL_LINKS: "true"