diff --git a/.github/actions/assign.mjs b/.github/actions/assign.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d08aa21ec8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/assign.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import { Octokit } from "@octokit/action";
+
+const [owner, repo] = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY.split("/");
+
+new Octokit().rest.issues.addAssignees({
+  owner,
+  repo,
+  issue_number: process.env.ISSUE_NUMBER,
+  assignees: [process.env.ASSIGNEE],
+});
diff --git a/.github/workflows/take.yml b/.github/workflows/take.yml
index 86dc190add1d..4985e151d43b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/take.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/take.yml
@@ -25,17 +25,16 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   issue_assign:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: (!github.event.issue.pull_request) && github.event.comment.body == 'take'
-    concurrency:
-      group: ${{ github.actor }}-issue-assign
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - run: |
-          CODE=$(curl -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" -LI https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues/${{ github.event.issue.number }}/assignees/${{ github.event.comment.user.login }} -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' -s)
-          if [ "$CODE" -eq "204" ]
-          then
-            echo "Assigning issue ${{ github.event.issue.number }} to ${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}"
-            curl -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" -d '{"assignees": ["${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}"]}' https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues/${{ github.event.issue.number }}/assignees
-          else
-            echo "Cannot assign issue ${{ github.event.issue.number }} to ${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}"
-          fi
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+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+      - run: npm install @octokit/action
+      - run: node .github/actions/assign.mjs
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          ASSIGNEE: ${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}