diff --git a/models/actions/task.go b/models/actions/task.go
index 1a208dad9d..ed2cab60e8 100644
--- a/models/actions/task.go
+++ b/models/actions/task.go
@@ -451,9 +451,7 @@ func CreateTaskForRunner(ctx context.Context, runner *ActionRunner, requestKey,
 }
 
 // Placeholder tasks are created when the status/content of an [ActionRunJob] is resolved by Forgejo without dispatch to
-// a runner, specifically in the case of a workflow call's outer job. It is the responsibility of the caller to
-// increment the job's Attempt field before invoking this method, and to update that field in the database, so that
-// reruns can function for placeholder tasks and provide updated outputs.
+// a runner, specifically in the case of a workflow call's outer job.
 func CreatePlaceholderTask(ctx context.Context, job *ActionRunJob, outputs map[string]string) (*ActionTask, error) {
 	actionTask := &ActionTask{
 		JobID:             job.ID,
diff --git a/services/actions/Test_tryHandleWorkflowCallOuterJob/action_run_job.yml b/services/actions/Test_tryHandleWorkflowCallOuterJob/action_run_job.yml
index 03449040ca..f710f4bf2e 100644
--- a/services/actions/Test_tryHandleWorkflowCallOuterJob/action_run_job.yml
+++ b/services/actions/Test_tryHandleWorkflowCallOuterJob/action_run_job.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Case 600 -- workflow that is not a workflow call outer job
 -
   id: 600
+  attempt: 1
   status: 1 # success
   started: 1683636528
   workflow_payload: |
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 # contexts should be considered as those in `on.workflow_call.outputs`.
 -
   id: 601
+  attempt: 1
   run_id: 900
   status: 1 # success
   started: 1683636528
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@
       workflow_call_id: b5a9f46f1f2513d7777fde50b169d323a6519e349cc175484c947ac315a209ed
 - # inner job of run 601
   id: 602
+  attempt: 1
   run_id: 900
   status: 1 # success
   job_id: outer-job.inner-job
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@
 -
   id: 603
   run_id: 901
-  attempt: 1
+  attempt: 2
   status: 1 # success
   started: 1683636528
   needs: ["outer-job.inner-job"]
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@
 - # inner job of run 603
   id: 604
   run_id: 901
+  attempt: 2
   status: 1 # success
   job_id: outer-job.inner-job
   task_id: 101
diff --git a/services/actions/job_emitter.go b/services/actions/job_emitter.go
index 02ad9d66f5..b23918e42f 100644
--- a/services/actions/job_emitter.go
+++ b/services/actions/job_emitter.go
@@ -597,7 +597,6 @@ func tryHandleWorkflowCallOuterJob(ctx context.Context, job *actions_model.Actio
 	)
 
 	// Insert a placeholder task with all the computed outputs
-	job.Attempt++
 	actionTask, err := actions_model.CreatePlaceholderTask(ctx, job, outputs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failure to insert placeholder task: %w", err)