diff --git a/.github/actions/slack/action.yml b/.github/actions/slack/action.yml
index 07a445e..f4acaba 100644
--- a/.github/actions/slack/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/slack/action.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ inputs:
   channel:
     description: "The channel to send the message to"
     required: false
-    default: "slackapi/slack-github-action@v1"
+    default: "test-github-features"
+  webhook_url:
+    description: "The webhook url to use"
+    required: true
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
   steps:
@@ -16,3 +19,5 @@ runs:
       with:
         channel-id: ${{ inputs.channel }}
         slack-message: ${{ inputs.message }}
+      env:
+        SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ inputs.webhook_url }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yml b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
index 7115dbb..e54d556 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/slack
         with:
           message: ":tada: Deployed to staging :white_check_mark: successfully!"
+          webhook_url: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
       - name: Notify (failed deployment)
         if: failure()
         uses: ./.github/actions/slack
         with:
           message: ":fail: Failed to deploy to staging :red_flag: successfully!"
+          webhook_url: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ping.yml b/.github/workflows/ping.yml
index cce2ffb..5f126da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ping.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ping.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ./.github/actions/slack
         with:
           message: 'Hello from GitHub Actions! :tada:'
+          webhook_url: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 7ef3e7f..1dd484e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/slack
         with:
           message: ":tada: Deployed to production :white_check_mark: successfully!"
+          webhook_url: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
       - name: Notify (failed deployment)
         if: failure()
         uses: ./.github/actions/slack
         with:
           message: ":fail: Failed to deploy to production :red_flag: successfully!"
+          webhook_url: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}