diff --git a/.github/templatesyncignore.txt b/.github/templatesyncignore.txt
index 2f099f8..c4444fe 100644
--- a/.github/templatesyncignore.txt
+++ b/.github/templatesyncignore.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 **/Module.bazel
 .DS_Store
-.bazelversion
 .gitignore
 **/BUILD
 src/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-template.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-template.yml
index a9efa3d..fff3847 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-template.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 
 name: Sync with template
 on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths: [".bazelversion"]
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 0 1 * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -41,4 +44,4 @@ jobs:
           pr_commit_msg: "chore(template): upstream template update"
           git_user_name: eclipse-score-bot
           git_user_email: 187756813+eclipse-score-bot@users.noreply.github.com
-          template_sync_ignore_file_path: ".github/.templatesyncignore"
+          template_sync_ignore_file_path: ".github/templatesyncignore.txt"