diff --git a/.github/scripts/secure-git-push b/.github/scripts/secure-git-push
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-apidocs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-apidocs.yml
index b1c4380587ba..d91d7982dee3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-apidocs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-apidocs.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ on:
     branches:
       - 'develop'
     paths:
-      - 'system/**'
+      - '.github/scripts/secure-git-push'
       - '.github/workflows/deploy-apidocs.yml'
+      - 'system/**'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -72,7 +73,11 @@ jobs:
           PUSH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           git add .
+
           if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then
             git commit -m "Updated API for commit ${GITHUB_SHA}"
-            bash ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/scripts/secure-git-push https://github.com/codeigniter4/api.git HEAD:master
+            bash "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/source/.github/scripts/secure-git-push" https://github.com/codeigniter4/api.git HEAD:master
+            echo "API documentation deployed successfully."
+          else
+            echo "No changes to deploy."
           fi
diff --git a/utils/check_permission_x.php b/utils/check_permission_x.php
index 9922174b152d..606a5f9982ca 100644
--- a/utils/check_permission_x.php
+++ b/utils/check_permission_x.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ function findExecutableFiles(string $dir, array $excludeDirs = []): array
 {
     static $execFileList = [
         '.github/scripts/deploy-userguide',
+        '.github/scripts/secure-git-push',
         'admin/release-userguide',
         'admin/release-deploy',
         'admin/apibot',