diff --git a/.github/update-ghc.py b/.github/update-ghc.py
index af5a4b3bf0..d38a2f2aea 100644
--- a/.github/update-ghc.py
+++ b/.github/update-ghc.py
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ def main():
             with open('haskell/private/ghc_bindist_generated.bzl', 'r+') as generated:
                 run(['buildifier'], check=True, input=bzl, stdout=generated)
                 generated.truncate()
+
+            if 'GITHUB_OUTPUT' in os.environ:
+                with open(os.environ["GITHUB_OUTPUT"], 'a') as output:
+                    print(f"latest={ latest_release }", file=output)
     else:
         print("no tags found for prefix", prefix, file=sys.stderr)
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-ghc.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-ghc.yaml
index 3754501ce8..bcf8f8f8c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-ghc.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-ghc.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           nix_path: nixpkgs=nixpkgs/default.nix
       - name: Fetch updates
+        id: ghc_update
         run: nix shell 'nixpkgs#bazel-buildtools' 'nixpkgs#python3' --command python .github/update-ghc.py ${{ matrix.ghc }}
-      - run: git diff
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        if: steps.ghc_update.outputs.latest != ''
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        with:
+          commit-message: "[automation] Add GHC version "
+          title: "[update] GHC ${{ steps.ghc_update.latest }}"
+          branch: "automation/update-ghc-${{ matrix.ghc }}"
+          base: master
+          # TODO: needs a token so that workflows for the PR get triggered
+          #token: "${{ secrets.PR_TOKEN }}"