diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index ddced90505252daff28eb16cbd589e5be27a3955..0ed1b500ed5cff3ee5d096cd98885121c62b0d40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
         MERGE_LABELS: ""
+        MERGE_METHOD: "squash"
         MERGE_DELETE_BRANCH: true