diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml
index 2d2427a907fc12..3a2ba704aec7ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         id: metadata
 
       - name: Wait for status checks
-        uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@31f07a800aa1ba8518509dc8561cdf5a891deb4b # v1.4.0
+        uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@0dceb95e7c4cad8cc7422aee3885998f5cab9c79 # v1.4.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 71f6fe69d9c61d..fdff2469cb1240 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4703,7 +4703,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile:template/Makefile.in, [
 	    echo common_mk_includes "@S|@*" # generate the macro assignment
 	    shift
 	    common_mk_includes="`echo \"@S|@*\" | sed 's|\$(srcdir)|.|g'`"
-	    (cd ${srcdir} && sed -f tool/prereq.status common.mk ${common_mk_includes})
+	    (PWD= cd ${srcdir} && sed -f tool/prereq.status common.mk ${common_mk_includes})
             AS_IF([test "$YJIT_SUPPORT" = yes], [
                 cat ${srcdir}/yjit/not_gmake.mk
                 echo ['$(MKFILES): ${srcdir}/yjit/not_gmake.mk']