diff --git a/.github/workflows/notify-on-push.yml b/.github/workflows/notify-on-push.yml
index 4315dccfd2d54b..e61b7652a51191 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notify-on-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notify-on-push.yml
@@ -27,36 +27,20 @@ jobs:
           SLACK_USERNAME: nodejs-bot
           SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
 
-  notifyOnMissingMetadata:
-    name: Notify on Push on `main` that lacks metadata
+  validateCommitMessage:
+    name: Notify on Push on `main` with invalid message
     if: github.repository == 'nodejs/node'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3  # v6.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Check commit message
-        run: npx -q core-validate-commit ${{ github.event.after }} || echo "INVALID_COMMIT_MESSAGE=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Retrieve PR number if possible
-        if: env.INVALID_COMMIT_MESSAGE
-        run: |
-          COMMIT_TITLE=$(git --no-pager log --oneline -1 --no-color) node <<'EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV || true
-          const invalidCommitMessageMatch = /\s\(\#(\d+)\)$/.exec(process.env.COMMIT_TITLE);
-          if (invalidCommitMessageMatch == null) process.exit(1)
-          console.log(`PR_ID=${invalidCommitMessageMatch[1]}`)
-          EOF
-      - name: Comment on the Pull Request
-        if: ${{ env.PR_ID }}
-        run: |
-          gh pr comment ${{ env.PR_ID }} --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
-            --body "A commit referencing this Pull Request was pushed to `${{ github.ref_name }}` by @${{ github.actor }} with an invalid commit message."
+        run: npx -q core-validate-commit "$COMMIT"
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          COMMIT: ${{ github.event.after }}
       - name: Slack Notification
-        if: ${{ env.INVALID_COMMIT_MESSAGE }}
+        if: failure()
         uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@e31e87e03dd19038e411e38ae27cbad084a90661  # 2.3.3
         env:
           SLACK_COLOR: '#DE512A'