diff --git a/.github/ansible/staging/update-data.yaml b/.github/ansible/staging/update-data.yaml
index cd58fe3c4..8e5b52068 100644
--- a/.github/ansible/staging/update-data.yaml
+++ b/.github/ansible/staging/update-data.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - name: Run Nest Staging Data Update
   hosts: nest_staging
   tasks:
-    - name: Start services
+    - name: Update Nest data
       shell:
         cmd: 'make update-data'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-data.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-data.yaml
index 48b7292ce..6bd29a7bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-data.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-data.yaml
@@ -12,11 +12,21 @@ env:
 jobs:
   update-data:
     name: Run data update
+    env:
+      ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: False
+      STAGING_HOST_IP_ADDRESS: '${{ secrets.STAGING_HOST_IP_ADDRESS }}'
+      STAGING_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH: '~/.ssh/nest_staging_private_key'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Prepare SSH key
+        run: |
+          mkdir -m 700 ~/.ssh
+          echo "${{ secrets.STAGING_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > ${{ env.STAGING_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH }}
+          chmod 400 ${{ env.STAGING_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH }}
+
       - name: Run make update-data
         working-directory: .github/ansible
         run: ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml staging/update-data.yaml