diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-whats-new-ids.yml b/.github/workflows/update-whats-new-ids.yml
index a9b846b0bca..4b0792cf14e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-whats-new-ids.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-whats-new-ids.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --local user.email "${{ env.BOT_EMAIL }}"
           git config --local user.name "${{ env.BOT_NAME }}"
           git add ./src/data/whats-new-ids.json
+          git clean -f
           git diff-index --quiet HEAD ./src/data/whats-new-ids.json || git commit -m 'chore(whats-new-ids): updated ids'
           echo "commit=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT