diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-pot.yml b/.github/workflows/update-pot.yml
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+name: Update POT file
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+    paths:
+      - '**.php'
+      - '**.js'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update-pot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PAT_FOR_GITHUB_ACTIONS }}
+      - name: Setup PHP with tools
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: '8.1'
+          tools: composer, wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle
+      - name: Update POT file
+        run: wp i18n make-pot . languages/pressbooks-multi-institution.pot --domain=pressbooks --slug=pressbooks-multi-institution --package-name="Pressbooks Multi Institution" --headers="{\"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To\":\"https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-multi-institution/issues\"}"
+      - name: Create Pull Request for POT file
+        id: cprpot
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PAT_FOR_GITHUB_ACTIONS }}
+          labels: automerge-pot
+          commit-message: 'chore(l10n): update pot file'
+          title: 'chore(l10n): update pot file'
+          body: 'This pull request updates the POT file for this plugin.'
+          branch: chore/update-pot-file
+      - name: Merge pull request with updated POT file
+        if: ${{ steps.cprpot.outputs.pull-request-number }}
+        uses: "pascalgn/automerge-action@v0.16.2"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          MERGE_LABELS: automerge-pot
+          MERGE_METHOD: squash
+          PULL_REQUEST: "${{ steps.cprpot.outputs.pull-request-number }}"
diff --git a/languages/pressbooks-multi-institution.pot b/languages/pressbooks-multi-institution.pot
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+++ b/languages/pressbooks-multi-institution.pot
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+# Copyright (C) 2024 Pressbooks (Book Oven Inc.)
+# This file is distributed under the GPL v3 or later.
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: Pressbooks Multi Institution 0.1.0\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-multi-institution/issues\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-02-19T11:33:03-08:00\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"X-Generator: WP-CLI 2.7.1\n"
+"X-Domain: pressbooks\n"
+
+#. Plugin Name of the plugin
+msgid "Pressbooks Multi Institution"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Plugin URI of the plugin
+#. Author URI of the plugin
+msgid "https://pressbooks.org"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Description of the plugin
+msgid "Tools for managing Pressbooks networks shared by multiple institutions"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Author of the plugin
+msgid "Pressbooks (Book Oven Inc.)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: src/Views/InstitutionsTable.php:70
+msgid "Are you sure you want to delete this?"
+msgstr ""