diff --git a/.github/create_newsletter_scaffold.sh b/.github/create_newsletter_scaffold.sh
index 307fa8012..40fa434a7 100755
--- a/.github/create_newsletter_scaffold.sh
+++ b/.github/create_newsletter_scaffold.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [[ -z "${NEWSLETTER_COUNTER}" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-cp newsletter-template.md index.md
+cp .github/newsletter-template.md index.md
 sed -i "s/{{\s*NEWSLETTER_MONTH\s*}}/${NEWSLETTER_MONTH}/g" index.md
 sed -i "s/{{\s*NEWSLETTER_YEAR\s*}}/${NEWSLETTER_YEAR}/g" index.md
 sed -i "s/{{\s*NEWSLETTER_DEADLINE\s*}}/${NEWSLETTER_DEADLINE}/g" index.md
diff --git a/newsletter-template.md b/.github/newsletter-template.md
similarity index 100%
rename from newsletter-template.md
rename to .github/newsletter-template.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-newsletter.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-newsletter.yaml
index 8e20ee866..192fb6850 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-newsletter.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-newsletter.yaml
@@ -24,15 +24,20 @@ jobs:
           echo "NEWSLETTER_COUNTER=$(( ( ( $(date +'%Y') - 2024 ) * 12 + $(date +'%m') - 2 ) + 50 ))" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Create newsletter scaffold
         run: ./.github/create_newsletter_scaffold.sh
-      - name: Commit and push changes
-        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+      - name: Commit and create pull request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
         with:
-          message: "Create newsletter N${{ env.NEWSLETTER_COUNTER }} for ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_MONTH }} ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_YEAR }}"
-          push: "origin HEAD:source"
+          commit-message: "Create newsletter N${{ env.NEWSLETTER_COUNTER }} for ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_MONTH }} ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_YEAR }}"
+          branch: "start-newsletter-${{ env.NEWSLETTER_COUNTER }}"
+          title: "Newsletter N${{ env.NEWSLETTER_COUNTER }} for ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_MONTH }} ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_YEAR }}"
+          body: "This PR adds the initial newsletter source file for ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_MONTH }} ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_YEAR }}."
+          assignees: |
+              AngelOnFira
+              janhohenheim
+              mamaicode
       - name: Create tracking issue
         uses: JasonEtco/create-an-issue@v2
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           filename: .github/newsletter-issue-template.md
-