diff --git a/.ci/updatecli/values.d/scm.yml b/.ci/updatecli/values.d/scm.yml
index c7a11c1..a9c9fe3 100644
--- a/.ci/updatecli/values.d/scm.yml
+++ b/.ci/updatecli/values.d/scm.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@ scm:
   owner: elastic
   repository: oblt-actions
   branch: main
+  # begin update-compose policy values
+  user: obltmachine
+  email: obltmachine@users.noreply.github.com
+  # end update-compose policy values
 
 signedcommit: true