diff --git a/hack/cherry_pick_pull.sh b/hack/cherry_pick_pull.sh
index 5b35be812ba..4e9dfdef5ef 100755
--- a/hack/cherry_pick_pull.sh
+++ b/hack/cherry_pick_pull.sh
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ if [[ -z ${GITHUB_USER:-} ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if ! which hub > /dev/null; then
-  echo "Can't find 'hub' tool in PATH, please install from https://github.com/github/hub"
+if ! command -v gh > /dev/null; then
+  echo "Can't find 'gh' tool in PATH, please install from https://github.com/cli/cli"
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ if [[ "$#" -lt 2 ]]; then
   exit 2
 fi
 
+# Checks if you are logged in. Will error/bail if you are not.
+gh auth status
+
 if git_status=$(git status --porcelain --untracked=no 2>/dev/null) && [[ -n "${git_status}" ]]; then
   echo "!!! Dirty tree. Clean up and try again."
   exit 1
@@ -109,7 +112,6 @@ declare -r NEWBRANCHUNIQ
 echo "+++ Creating local branch ${NEWBRANCHUNIQ}"
 
 cleanbranch=""
-prtext=""
 gitamcleanup=false
 function return_to_kansas {
   if [[ "${gitamcleanup}" == "true" ]]; then
@@ -126,9 +128,6 @@ function return_to_kansas {
     if [[ -n "${cleanbranch}" ]]; then
       git branch -D "${cleanbranch}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
     fi
-    if [[ -n "${prtext}" ]]; then
-      rm "${prtext}"
-    fi
   fi
 }
 trap return_to_kansas EXIT
@@ -140,24 +139,18 @@ function make-a-pr() {
   echo
   echo "+++ Creating a pull request on GitHub at ${GITHUB_USER}:${NEWBRANCH}"
 
-  # This looks like an unnecessary use of a tmpfile, but it avoids
-  # https://github.com/github/hub/issues/976 Otherwise stdin is stolen
-  # when we shove the heredoc at hub directly, tickling the ioctl
-  # crash.
-  prtext="$(mktemp -t prtext.XXXX)" # cleaned in return_to_kansas
   local numandtitle
   numandtitle=$(printf '%s\n' "${SUBJECTS[@]}")
-  cat >"${prtext}" <<EOF
-Automated cherry pick of ${numandtitle}
-
+  prtext=$(cat <<EOF
 Cherry pick of ${PULLSUBJ} on ${rel}.
 
 ${numandtitle}
 
 For details on the cherry pick process, see the [cherry pick requests](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md) page.
 EOF
+)
 
-  hub pull-request -F "${prtext}" -h "${GITHUB_USER}:${NEWBRANCH}" -b "${MAIN_REPO_ORG}:${rel}"
+  gh pr create --title="Automated cherry pick of ${numandtitle}" --body="${prtext}" --head "${GITHUB_USER}:${NEWBRANCH}" --base "${rel}" --repo="${MAIN_REPO_ORG}/${MAIN_REPO_NAME}"
 }
 
 git checkout -b "${NEWBRANCHUNIQ}" "${BRANCH}"