diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix-vendor-hash.yml b/.github/workflows/nix-vendor-hash.yml
index 361edaf..ddd61c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix-vendor-hash.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix-vendor-hash.yml
@@ -10,16 +10,19 @@ name: Nix vendorHash
 # rather than the default GITHUB_TOKEN also makes the follow-up commit
 # re-trigger the Nix build workflow.
 #
-# For this to work on Dependabot PRs, that token must ALSO be registered as a
-# Dependabot secret (Settings -> Secrets and variables -> Dependabot), because
-# GitHub withholds Actions secrets from Dependabot-triggered pull_request runs.
+# Why `pull_request_target` rather than `pull_request`: GitHub withholds Actions
+# secrets from `pull_request` runs triggered by Dependabot, so the PAT resolves
+# empty and `actions/checkout` fails with "Input required and not supplied:
+# token" (see PR #188). `pull_request_target` grants Actions secrets to
+# Dependabot runs and evaluates the workflow file from the base branch, so a PR
+# cannot alter what runs here. The tradeoff is that a change to this file on a
+# PR branch cannot be tested by that PR — it only takes effect after merge.
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request_target:
     paths:
       - "go.mod"
       - "go.sum"
       - "nix/package.nix"
-      - ".github/workflows/nix-vendor-hash.yml"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -27,9 +30,12 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   update-vendor-hash:
-    # Only same-repo branches (Dependabot branches live in this repo); we can't
-    # push to a fork's branch.
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
+    # Only same-repo branches (we can't push to a fork's branch). Dependabot
+    # branches always live in this repo, so this covers both Dependabot and
+    # human dependency PRs.
+    if: >-
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
+      github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout PR branch