diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_release.yml b/.github/workflows/update_release.yml
index d983bf0b..d136f403 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_release.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "ballerina-bot@ballerina.org"
           git config --global user.name "ballerina-bot"
 
-          git add public/spec/
+          git add public/spec/ spec/
           git commit --allow-empty -m "[Automated] Sync new spec release with ballerina dev site"
 
       - name: Sync ballerina-spec with ballerina-prod-website