diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-update.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-update.yml
index 6d3c8a89c6..d856905c82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-update.yml
@@ -17,176 +17,21 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           branch: 'bot/auto-update'
-  format:
+  create-matrix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: create-branch
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      - id: set-matrix
+        run: echo "::set-output name=matrix::{\"country\":[\"ad\"]}"
+  format:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: create-matrix
     continue-on-error: true
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        country:
-          [
-            ad,
-            ae,
-            af,
-            ag,
-            al,
-            am,
-            ao,
-            ar,
-            at,
-            au,
-            aw,
-            az,
-            ba,
-            bb,
-            bd,
-            be,
-            bf,
-            bg,
-            bh,
-            bn,
-            bo,
-            br,
-            bs,
-            by,
-            ca,
-            cd,
-            cg,
-            ch,
-            ci,
-            cl,
-            cm,
-            cn,
-            co,
-            cr,
-            cu,
-            cw,
-            cy,
-            cz,
-            de,
-            dk,
-            do,
-            dz,
-            ec,
-            ee,
-            eg,
-            es,
-            et,
-            fi,
-            fj,
-            fo,
-            fr,
-            pf,
-            ge,
-            gh,
-            gm,
-            gn,
-            gp,
-            gq,
-            gr,
-            gt,
-            hk,
-            hn,
-            hr,
-            ht,
-            hu,
-            id,
-            ie,
-            il,
-            in,
-            iq,
-            ir,
-            is,
-            it,
-            jm,
-            jo,
-            jp,
-            ke,
-            kg,
-            kh,
-            kp,
-            kr,
-            kw,
-            kz,
-            la,
-            lb,
-            li,
-            lk,
-            lt,
-            lu,
-            lv,
-            ly,
-            ma,
-            mc,
-            md,
-            me,
-            mk,
-            ml,
-            mm,
-            mn,
-            mo,
-            mt,
-            mv,
-            mx,
-            my,
-            mz,
-            ne,
-            ng,
-            ni,
-            nl,
-            no,
-            np,
-            nz,
-            om,
-            pa,
-            pe,
-            ph,
-            pk,
-            pl,
-            pr,
-            ps,
-            pt,
-            py,
-            qa,
-            ro,
-            rs,
-            ru,
-            rw,
-            sa,
-            sd,
-            se,
-            sg,
-            si,
-            sk,
-            sl,
-            sm,
-            sn,
-            so,
-            sv,
-            sy,
-            th,
-            tj,
-            tm,
-            tn,
-            tr,
-            tt,
-            tw,
-            tz,
-            ua,
-            ug,
-            uk,
-            us,
-            uy,
-            uz,
-            va,
-            ve,
-            vi,
-            vn,
-            xk,
-            ye,
-            zm
-          ]
+      matrix: ${{fromJSON(needs.create-matrix.outputs.matrix)}}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2