diff --git a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
index 472b343b5..888bcdcdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
         git add -f docs
         git commit -m 'Deploy to GitHub Pages'
-        git push --force-with-lease origin `git subtree split --prefix docs master`:gh-pages
+        git subtree split --prefix docs master -b gh-pages-temp
+        git push origin gh-pages-temp:refs/heads/gh-pages --force
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}