diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/plugins/update_plugins.py b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/plugins/update_plugins.py
index 393c09a72fc0..cf02aa7215d4 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/plugins/update_plugins.py
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/plugins/update_plugins.py
@@ -383,8 +383,7 @@ def main():
     # Commit the result
     commitMessage = "jetbrains.plugins: update"
     print("#### Committing changes... ####")
-    run(['git', 'add', PLUGINS_FILE], check=True)
-    run(['git', 'commit', '--file=-'], input=commitMessage.encode(), check=True)
+    run(['git', 'commit', f'-m{commitMessage}', '--', f'{PLUGINS_FILE}'], check=True)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/update_ides.py b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/update_ides.py
index eca3eb5763a5..9008906bde75 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/update_ides.py
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/update_ides.py
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ for name in toVersions.keys():
 
 # Commit the result
 logging.info("#### Committing changes... ####")
-subprocess.run(['git', 'add', versions_file_path], check=True)
-subprocess.run(['git', 'commit', '--file=-'], input=commitMessage.encode(), check=True)
+subprocess.run(['git', 'commit', f'-m{commitMessage}', '--', f'{versions_file_path}'], check=True)
 
 logging.info("#### Updating plugins ####")
 plugin_script = current_path.joinpath("plugins/update_plugins.py").resolve()