diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_react.yml b/.github/workflows/update_react.yml
index 46b645be93668..966ff168b9fba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_react.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_react.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   NODE_LTS_VERSION: 20
+  PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: 1
 
 jobs:
   create-pull-request:
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ jobs:
           # See: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#using-the-github_token-in-a-workflow
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Set Git author
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "vercel-release-bot"
+          git config user.email "infra+release@vercel.com"
+
       - name: Setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -38,3 +44,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: bash
         run: pnpm i
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        shell: bash
+        run: pnpm sync-react --actor "${{ github.actor }}" --version "${{ inputs.version }}" --create-pull
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/scripts/sync-react.js b/scripts/sync-react.js
index f6c203f653712..3031b67161509 100644
--- a/scripts/sync-react.js
+++ b/scripts/sync-react.js
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ const yargs = require('yargs')
 /** @type {any} */
 const fetch = require('node-fetch')
 
+const repoOwner = 'vercel'
+const repoName = 'next.js'
+const pullRequestLabels = ['type: react-sync']
+const pullRequestReviewers = ['eps1lon']
+
 const filesReferencingReactPeerDependencyVersion = [
   'run-tests.js',
   'packages/create-next-app/templates/index.ts',
@@ -155,9 +160,44 @@ async function main() {
   const errors = []
   const argv = await yargs(process.argv.slice(2))
     .version(false)
+    .options('actor', {
+      type: 'string',
+      description:
+        'Required with `--create-pull`. The actor (GitHub username) that runs this script. Will be used for notifications but not commit attribution.',
+    })
+    .options('create-pull', {
+      default: false,
+      type: 'boolean',
+      description: 'Create a Pull Request in vercel/next.js',
+    })
+    .options('commit', {
+      default: true,
+      type: 'boolean',
+      description: 'Will not create any commit',
+    })
     .options('install', { default: true, type: 'boolean' })
     .options('version', { default: null, type: 'string' }).argv
-  const { install, version } = argv
+  const { actor, createPull, commit, install, version } = argv
+
+  async function commitIfEnabled(message) {
+    if (commit) {
+      await execa('git', ['add', '-A'])
+      await execa('git', ['commit', '--message', message, '--no-verify'])
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (createPull && !actor) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Pull Request cannot be created without a GitHub actor (received '${String(actor)}'). ` +
+        'Pass an actor via `--actor "some-actor"`.'
+    )
+  }
+  const githubToken = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
+  if (createPull && !githubToken) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Environment variable 'GITHUB_TOKEN' not specified but required when --create-pull is specified.`
+    )
+  }
 
   let newVersionStr = version
   if (newVersionStr === null) {
@@ -203,6 +243,7 @@ Or, run this command with no arguments to use the most recently published versio
     noInstall: !install,
     channel: 'experimental',
   })
+  await commitIfEnabled('Update `react@experimental`')
   await sync({
     newDateString,
     newSha,
@@ -210,6 +251,7 @@ Or, run this command with no arguments to use the most recently published versio
     noInstall: !install,
     channel: 'rc',
   })
+  await commitIfEnabled('Update `react@rc`')
 
   const baseVersionInfo = extractInfoFromReactVersion(baseVersionStr)
   if (!baseVersionInfo) {
@@ -269,13 +311,20 @@ Or, run this command with no arguments to use the most recently published versio
     )
   }
 
+  await commitIfEnabled('Updated peer dependency references')
+
   // Install the updated dependencies and build the vendored React files.
   if (!install) {
     console.log('Skipping install step because --no-install flag was passed.\n')
   } else {
     console.log('Installing dependencies...\n')
 
-    const installSubprocess = execa('pnpm', ['install'])
+    const installSubprocess = execa('pnpm', [
+      'install',
+      // Pnpm freezes the lockfile by default in CI.
+      // However, we just changed versions so the lockfile is expected to be changed.
+      '--no-frozen-lockfile',
+    ])
     if (installSubprocess.stdout) {
       installSubprocess.stdout.pipe(process.stdout)
     }
@@ -286,6 +335,8 @@ Or, run this command with no arguments to use the most recently published versio
       throw new Error('Failed to install updated dependencies.')
     }
 
+    await commitIfEnabled('Update lockfile')
+
     console.log('Building vendored React files...\n')
     const nccSubprocess = execa('pnpm', ['ncc-compiled'], {
       cwd: path.join(cwd, 'packages', 'next'),
@@ -300,34 +351,27 @@ Or, run this command with no arguments to use the most recently published versio
       throw new Error('Failed to run ncc.')
     }
 
+    await commitIfEnabled('ncc-compiled')
+
     // Print extra newline after ncc output
     console.log()
   }
 
-  console.log(
-    `**breaking change for canary users: Bumps peer dependency of React from \`${baseVersionStr}\` to \`${newVersionStr}\`**`
-  )
+  let prDescription = `**breaking change for canary users: Bumps peer dependency of React from \`${baseVersionStr}\` to \`${newVersionStr}\`**\n\n`
 
   // Fetch the changelog from GitHub and print it to the console.
-  console.log(
-    `[diff facebook/react@${baseSha}...${newSha}](https://github.com/facebook/react/compare/${baseSha}...${newSha})`
-  )
+  prDescription += `[diff facebook/react@${baseSha}...${newSha}](https://github.com/facebook/react/compare/${baseSha}...${newSha})\n\n`
   try {
     const changelog = await getChangelogFromGitHub(baseSha, newSha)
     if (changelog === null) {
-      console.log(
-        `GitHub reported no changes between ${baseSha} and ${newSha}.`
-      )
+      prDescription += `GitHub reported no changes between ${baseSha} and ${newSha}.`
     } else {
-      console.log(
-        `<details>\n<summary>React upstream changes</summary>\n\n${changelog}\n\n</details>`
-      )
+      prDescription += `<details>\n<summary>React upstream changes</summary>\n\n${changelog}\n\n</details>`
     }
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(error)
-    console.log(
+    prDescription +=
       '\nFailed to fetch changelog from GitHub. Changes were applied, anyway.\n'
-    )
   }
 
   if (!install) {
@@ -343,13 +387,51 @@ Or run this command again without the --no-install flag to do both automatically
     )
   }
 
-  await fsp.writeFile(path.join(cwd, '.github/.react-version'), newVersionStr)
-
   if (errors.length) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef -- Defined in Node.js
     throw new AggregateError(errors)
   }
 
+  if (createPull) {
+    const github = await import('@actions/github')
+    const octokit = github.getOctokit(githubToken)
+    const branchName = `update/react/${newSha}-${newDateString}`
+
+    const pullRequest = await octokit.rest.pulls.create({
+      owner: repoOwner,
+      repo: repoName,
+      head: branchName,
+      base: 'main',
+      draft: false,
+      title: `Upgrade React from \`${baseSha}-${baseDateString}\` to \`${newSha}-${newDateString}\``,
+      body: prDescription,
+    })
+
+    await Promise.all([
+      actor
+        ? octokit.rest.issues.addAssignees({
+            owner: repoOwner,
+            repo: repoName,
+            issue_number: pullRequest.data.number,
+            assignees: [actor],
+          })
+        : Promise.resolve(),
+      octokit.rest.pulls.requestReviewers({
+        owner: repoOwner,
+        repo: repoName,
+        pull_number: pullRequest.data.number,
+        reviewers: pullRequestReviewers,
+      }),
+      octokit.rest.issues.addLabels({
+        owner: repoOwner,
+        repo: repoName,
+        issue_number: pullRequest.data.number,
+        labels: pullRequestLabels,
+      }),
+    ])
+  }
+
+  console.log(prDescription)
   console.log(
     `Successfully updated React from \`${baseSha}-${baseDateString}\` to \`${newSha}-${newDateString}\``
   )