diff --git a/.github/workflows/repoDispatchable_UpdatePlenumDependency.yaml b/.github/workflows/repoDispatchable_UpdatePlenumDependency.yaml
index 4315dd0e3..ee8b86623 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repoDispatchable_UpdatePlenumDependency.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repoDispatchable_UpdatePlenumDependency.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.event.pusher.email }}>
+          author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.event.client_payload.email }}>
           signoff: true
-          committer: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.event.pusher.email }}>
+          committer: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.event.client_payload.email }}>
           commit-message: "Automated Update to indy-plenum==$pyVersion"
           title: "Automated Update to indy-plenum==$pyVersion"
           body: "This PR updates the indy-plenum version in `setup.py` to use `indy-plenum==$pyVersion`."
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 23c554cd8..240ac635b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
     # Update ./build-scripts/ubuntu-xxxx/build-3rd-parties.sh when this list gets updated.
     # - Excluding changes to indy-plenum.
-    install_requires=['indy-plenum==1.13.1.dev1677853403',
+    install_requires=['indy-plenum==1.42.1.rc1,
                     # importlib-metadata needs to be pinned to 3.10.1 because from v4.0.0 the package
                     # name ends in python3-importlib-metadata_0.0.0_amd64.deb
                     # see also build-scripts/ubuntu-2004/build-3rd-parties.sh