diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-post.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release-post.yml
index ececb58af6005..098e9905612a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-post.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-post.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: node --run scripts:release-post -- "$VERSION"
         working-directory: apps/site
+        id: release-post
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
 
@@ -54,4 +55,5 @@ jobs:
           commit-message: 'feat(blog): create post for ${{ inputs.version }}'
           labels: fast-track
           title: 'feat(blog): create post for ${{ inputs.version }}'
+          assignees: ${{ steps.release-post.outputs.author }}
           draft: true
diff --git a/apps/site/scripts/release-post/index.mjs b/apps/site/scripts/release-post/index.mjs
index 895a284188670..e634a138565a5 100644
--- a/apps/site/scripts/release-post/index.mjs
+++ b/apps/site/scripts/release-post/index.mjs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, appendFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { parseArgs } from 'node:util';
@@ -125,7 +125,15 @@ const fetchAuthor = version => {
   return fetchChangelog(version)
     .then(section => findAuthorLogin(version, section))
     .then(author => request({ url: URLS.GITHUB_PROFILE(author), json: true }))
-    .then(githubRes => githubRes.name);
+    .then(({ name, login }) => {
+      if (process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT) {
+        // If we are running in a GitHub runner, we need to store the username
+        // so that the PR can be assigned to them
+        appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `author=${login}\n`);
+      }
+
+      return name;
+    });
 };
 
 const fetchChangelog = version => {