diff --git a/.github/workflows/translations.yml b/.github/workflows/translations.yml
index 76d3c6ad8..4d6f82d06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translations.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
           cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: setup.py
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            setup.py
+            requirements.txt
       - name: Install system-level dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev python3-dev libgdal-dev gdal-bin libmagic-dev libmagickwand-dev gettext libpoppler-cpp-dev
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip pip-tools
-          pip-sync requirements-dev.txt
+          pip-sync requirements.txt
           pip install -e .
       - name: Setup Git
         run: |
@@ -38,6 +40,6 @@ jobs:
         run: make messagesde
       - name: Commit translations
         run: |
-          git add .
+          git add **/django.po || true
           git commit -m "💬 update translation messages" || true
-          git push -u main:weblate-source
+          git push -u origin main:weblate-source --force
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1389dc7d..a4fd8fe30 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ requirements: requirements.in requirements-dev.in requirements-production.in
 	pip-compile requirements-production.in
 
 messagesde:
-	django-admin makemessages -l de --ignore public --ignore froide-env --ignore node_modules --ignore htmlcov --ignore LICENSE.txt --add-location file
+	python manage.py makemessages -l de --ignore public --ignore froide-env --ignore node_modules --ignore htmlcov --add-location file