diff --git a/src/main/github/client-merge-queue-auto-merge.test.ts b/src/main/github/client-merge-queue-auto-merge.test.ts
index edc0ec53a70..b1af6ee3f7d 100644
--- a/src/main/github/client-merge-queue-auto-merge.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/github/client-merge-queue-auto-merge.test.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe('GitHub GraphQL rate-limit guard', () => {
       })
     ).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true })
     await expect(
-      updatePRTitle('/repo-root', 7, 'New title', undefined, {
+      updatePRTitle('/repo-root', 7, '  New title @literal  ', undefined, {
         owner: 'stablyai',
         repo: 'orca',
         host: 'github.com'
@@ -131,7 +131,14 @@ describe('GitHub GraphQL rate-limit guard', () => {
     )
     expect(ghExecFileAsyncMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
       4,
-      ['pr', 'edit', '7', '--title', 'New title', '--repo', 'stablyai/orca'],
+      [
+        'api',
+        '-X',
+        'PATCH',
+        'repos/stablyai/orca/pulls/7',
+        '--raw-field',
+        'title=  New title @literal  '
+      ],
       { cwd: '/repo-root', host: 'github.com' }
     )
   })
diff --git a/src/main/github/client/update/pr-details.ts b/src/main/github/client/update/pr-details.ts
index 2bc4c22a316..e57af86c02a 100644
--- a/src/main/github/client/update/pr-details.ts
+++ b/src/main/github/client/update/pr-details.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,30 @@ import {
   classifyPullRequestUpdateError,
   type LocalGitExecOptions
 } from '../../gh-utils'
-import { resolveGitHubRepoExecution, type GitHubApiRepository } from '../../github-api-repository'
+import {
+  resolveGitHubRepoExecution,
+  type GitHubApiRepository,
+  type GitHubRepoExecOptions
+} from '../../github-api-repository'
+
+async function patchPullRequest(
+  repository: GitHubApiRepository,
+  prNumber: number,
+  fields: string[],
+  ghOptions: GitHubRepoExecOptions
+): Promise<void> {
+  await ghExecFileAsync(
+    [
+      'api',
+      '-X',
+      'PATCH',
+      `repos/${repository.owner}/${repository.repo}/pulls/${prNumber}`,
+      ...fields.flatMap((field) => ['--raw-field', field])
+    ],
+    ghOptions
+  )
+}
+
 export async function updatePRTitle(
   repoPath: string,
   prNumber: number,
@@ -26,13 +49,7 @@ export async function updatePRTitle(
   }
   await acquire()
   try {
-    const args = ['pr', 'edit', String(prNumber), '--title', title]
-    if (ownerRepo) {
-      args.push('--repo', `${ownerRepo.owner}/${ownerRepo.repo}`)
-    }
-    await ghExecFileAsync(args, {
-      ...ghOptions
-    })
+    await patchPullRequest(ownerRepo, prNumber, [`title=${title}`], ghOptions)
     invalidateReviewLookupsAfterPRMutation(repoPath, connectionId)
     return true
   } catch (err) {
@@ -78,16 +95,7 @@ export async function updatePRDetails(
 
   await acquire()
   try {
-    await ghExecFileAsync(
-      [
-        'api',
-        '-X',
-        'PATCH',
-        `repos/${ownerRepo.owner}/${ownerRepo.repo}/pulls/${prNumber}`,
-        ...fields.flatMap((field) => ['--raw-field', field])
-      ],
-      ghOptions
-    )
+    await patchPullRequest(ownerRepo, prNumber, fields, ghOptions)
     invalidateReviewLookupsAfterPRMutation(repoPath, connectionId)
     return { ok: true }
   } catch (err) {