diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
index ea2096f20..978866f48 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ jobs:
             --arg assignee "${ASSIGNEE}" \
             --arg title "Automated Manifest Update" \
             --arg body "This PR contains newly rendered Kubernetes manifests automatically generated by the CI workflow." \
-            '{head: $head, base: $base, title: $title, body: $body'} )
+            '{head: $head, base: $base, assignee: $assignee, title: $title, body: $body'} )
 
           echo ">> Creating PR from branch ${HEAD_BRANCH} into ${BASE_BRANCH}"
           echo ">> With Endpoint of:"