diff --git a/.github/workflows/bundled_gems.yml b/.github/workflows/bundled_gems.yml
index 2fb3931423..d852fa4b32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bundled_gems.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bundled_gems.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update bundled gems list
         id: bundled_gems
         run: |
-          ruby -i~ tool/update-bundled_gems.rb gems/bundled_gems
+          ruby -i~ tool/update-bundled_gems.rb gems/bundled_gems >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Maintain updated gems list in NEWS
         run: |
diff --git a/tool/update-bundled_gems.rb b/tool/update-bundled_gems.rb
index 6b40595960..2f088804ef 100755
--- a/tool/update-bundled_gems.rb
+++ b/tool/update-bundled_gems.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 BEGIN {
   require 'rubygems'
   date = nil
-  if ENV.key?('GITHUB_OUTPUT')
-    output = File.open(ENV['GITHUB_OUTPUT'], 'w')
-  else
-    output = STDERR
-  end
 }
 END {
+  # STDOUT is not usable in inplace edit mode
+  output = $-i ? STDOUT : STDERR
   output.print date.strftime("latest_date=%F") if date
 }
 unless /^[^#]/ !~ (gem = $F[0])