diff --git a/.github/workflows/used-by.yml b/.github/workflows/used-by.yml
index 2c4d64e..34bd71e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/used-by.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/used-by.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           add-paths: "README.md" # the file path to commit
           commit-message: "chore: update used-by badge by github-actions[bot]"
+          author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
           title: "chore: automatically update used-by badge"
           base: main
           labels: skip-changelog
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b608b8..bb4c193 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # C/C++ Linter Action <sub><sup>| clang-format & clang-tidy</sup></sub>
 
 ![GitHub release (latest SemVer)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-action)
-[![Used by](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=674&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-action/network/dependents)<!-- used by badge -->
+[![Used by](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=702&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-action/network/dependents)<!-- used by badge -->
 [![GitHub marketplace](https://img.shields.io/badge/marketplace-C%2FC%2B%2B%20Linter-blue?logo=github)](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/c-c-linter)
 [![cpp-linter](https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-action/actions/workflows/cpp-linter.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-action/actions/workflows/cpp-linter.yml)
 [![MkDocs Deploy](https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-action/actions/workflows/mkdocs-deploy.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-action/actions/workflows/mkdocs-deploy.yml)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3e4e6cd..e71f5e4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ clang-tools==0.13.1
 
 # cpp-linter core Python executable package
 # For details please see: https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter
-cpp-linter==1.10.4
+cpp-linter==1.10.6