diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/update-pull-request.yml
index 351c3ba..1efc58f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-pull-request.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # message headers of the commits since the last pull request merged into main. The auto generated section is enveloped
 # between two comments: "<!--- START AUTOGENERATED NOTES --->" and "<!--- END AUTOGENERATED NOTES --->". Anything
 # outside these in the description is left untouched. Auto-generated updates can be skipped for a commit if
-# "skip_ci_update_description" is in the commit message body.
+# "<!--- SKIP AUTOGENERATED NOTES --->" is added to the pull request description.
 
 name: update-pull-request
 
@@ -17,19 +17,14 @@ jobs:
     if: "!contains(github.event.pull_request.body, '<!--- SKIP AUTOGENERATED NOTES --->')"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: octue/generate-pull-request-description@1.0.0.beta-2
+      id: pr-description
       with:
-        # Set fetch-depth to 0 to fetch all commit history (necessary for compiling pull request description).
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Install release note compiler
-      run: pip install git+https://github.com/octue/conventional-commits
-    - name: Compile new pull request description
-      run: |
-        echo 'PULL_REQUEST_NOTES<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "$(compile-release-notes PULL_REQUEST_START --pull-request-url=${{ github.event.pull_request.url }} --api-token=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }})" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo EOF >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        pull_request_url: ${{ github.event.pull_request.url }}
+        api_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     - name: Update pull request body
       uses: riskledger/update-pr-description@v2
       with:
-        body: ${{ env.PULL_REQUEST_NOTES }}
+        body: ${{ steps.pr-description.outputs.pull_request_description }}
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}