diff --git a/.github/workflows/gha-update.yml b/.github/workflows/gha-update.yml
index bb9a342..1a55c5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gha-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gha-update.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
     #        │ │ ┌───────── day of the month (1 - 31)
     #        │ │ │ ┌───────── month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC)
     #        │ │ │ │ ┌───────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
-    - cron: '0 7 * * 1-5'  # Every day at 7am UTC
+    - cron: '0 7 * * 2'  # Every day at 7am UTC
 
 jobs:
   update:
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ jobs:
           add-paths: .
           delete-branch: true
           branch: create-pull-request/pinact-actions-update
-          title: "Update GitHub Actions versions"
+          title: "Update GitHub Actions versions in the template"
+          commit-message: "Update GitHub Actions versions in the template"
           body: |
             This is an autogenerated PR which updates GitHub Actions version pins.
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
index 782d6d9..75c40d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
     #        │ │ ┌───────── day of the month (1 - 31)
     #        │ │ │ ┌───────── month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC)
     #        │ │ │ │ ┌───────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
-    - cron: '0 7 1 * *'  # First day of the month at 7am UTC
+    - cron: '0 7 * * 2'  # First day of the month at 7am UTC
 
 jobs:
   update:
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@ jobs:
           delete-branch: true
           branch-suffix: timestamp
           title: "pre-commit updates in the template"
+          commit-message: "pre-commit updates in the template"
           body: |
             This is an autogenerated PR, which updates the `{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml` file.