diff --git a/.github/actions/rsync-deployments/LICENSE b/.github/actions/rsync-deployments/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f199b8016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/rsync-deployments/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+The local composite action at .github/actions/rsync-deployments/action.yml
+was inspired by the rsync-deployments GitHub Action, which is distributed
+under the MIT License reproduced below.
+
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019-2022 Contention
+Copyright (c) 2019-2025 Burnett01
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/.github/actions/rsync-deployments/action.yml b/.github/actions/rsync-deployments/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ac771bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/rsync-deployments/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This implementation took inspiration from https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/blob/7.1.0/action.yml
+name: Rsync Deploy (local)
+description: Upload a folder to a single remote destination via rsync over SSH.
+inputs:
+  switches:
+    description: rsync switches
+    required: false
+    default: "--archive --compress"
+  path:
+    description: Local source directory
+    required: true
+  remote_path:
+    description: Remote destination directory
+    required: true
+  remote_host:
+    description: SSH host
+    required: true
+  remote_port:
+    description: SSH port
+    required: false
+    default: "22"
+  remote_user:
+    description: SSH username
+    required: true
+  remote_key:
+    description: SSH private key (OpenSSH/PEM)
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: rsync via ssh-agent
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        set -euo pipefail
+
+        # Start agent and load the key
+        eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
+        ssh-add - <<< "${{ inputs.remote_key }}"
+
+        # SSH command with host key checking disabled (matches your reference impl)
+        RSH="ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p ${{ inputs.remote_port }}"
+
+        # Resolve paths and DSN
+        LOCAL_PATH="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/${{ inputs.path }}"
+        DSN="${{ inputs.remote_user }}@${{ inputs.remote_host }}"
+
+        # Deploy
+        sh -c "rsync ${{ inputs.switches }} -e '$RSH' $LOCAL_PATH $DSN:${{ inputs.remote_path }}"
+
+        # Cleanup identities from the agent
+        ssh-add -D || true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index e7437a4f5..4b83e4f26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           docker run --rm --volume "$PWD:/root/flink-agents" chesnay/flink-ci:java_8_11_17_21_maven_386 bash -c "cd /root/flink-agents && chmod +x ./tools/docs.sh && ./tools/docs.sh"
 
       - name: Upload documentation
-        uses: burnett01/rsync-deployments@7659d600d8bdd035bb5cdfba1d4bd0dd4a307ca6 # 8.0.2
+        uses: ./.github/actions/rsync-deployments
         with:
           switches: --archive --compress --delete
           path: docs/target/
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload documentation alias
         if: env.flink_alias != ''
-        uses: burnett01/rsync-deployments@7659d600d8bdd035bb5cdfba1d4bd0dd4a307ca6 # 8.0.2
+        uses: ./.github/actions/rsync-deployments
         with:
           switches: --archive --compress --delete
           path: docs/target/