diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index c84c01f11..11411bea0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -44,13 +44,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
-        with:
-          tinytex: true
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+      
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-tinytex@v2
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index c3a09d8dc..f9fe26967 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
           use-public-rspm: true
-
+      
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
           extra-packages: any::lintr, local::.
           needs: lint
+          
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-tinytex@v2
 
       - name: Lint
         run: lintr::lint_package()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/netlify.yaml b/.github/workflows/netlify.yaml
index 3bc4f8ebd..10c6fe1e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/netlify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/netlify.yaml
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
-      - name: Set up Quarto
-        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
           use-public-rspm: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index bfe16f8de..0927d63fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
-        with:
-          tinytex: true
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
@@ -42,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           extra-packages: any::pkgdown, local::.
           needs: website
+      
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-tinytex@v2
 
       - name: Build site
         run: pkgdown::build_site_github_pages(new_process = FALSE, install = FALSE)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index fc4241e93..eb25110b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
-      - uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
-        with:
-          tinytex: true
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
           use-public-rspm: true
@@ -35,6 +29,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           extra-packages: any::covr, any::xml2
           needs: coverage
+      
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-tinytex@v2
 
       - name: Test coverage
         run: |
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f1eef26f6..89d7eb4cd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # pkgdown (development version)
 
 * Added keyboard shortcut, `/`, to focus search bar (#2423)
+* The `BugReports` field can now be an email (@catalamarti, #2275).
 * New `clean_cache()` function removes the contents of the cache directory (#2718).
 * pkgdown now depends on R >= 4.0.0 (#2714)
+* Updated GitHub Actions advice and workflows around Quarto install (@tanho63, #2743)
 
 # pkgdown 2.1.0
 
diff --git a/R/build-home-index.R b/R/build-home-index.R
index d589970b4..70f2764bd 100644
--- a/R/build-home-index.R
+++ b/R/build-home-index.R
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ data_home_sidebar <- function(pkg = ".", call = caller_env()) {
     "home.sidebar.structure",
     default = default_sidebar_structure(),
     call = call
-  ) 
+  )
 
   # compute all default sections
   default_components <- list(
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ data_home_sidebar <- function(pkg = ".", call = caller_env()) {
   )
 
   needs_components <- setdiff(structure, names(default_components))
-  custom_yaml <- config_pluck_sidebar_components(pkg, needs_components, call = call)  
+  custom_yaml <- config_pluck_sidebar_components(pkg, needs_components, call = call)
   custom_components <- purrr::map(custom_yaml, function(x) {
     sidebar_section(x$title, markdown_text_block(pkg, x$text))
   })
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ default_sidebar_structure <- function() {
 config_pluck_sidebar_components <- function(pkg, new_components, call = caller_env()) {
   base_path <- "home.sidebar.components"
   components <- config_pluck_list(pkg, base_path, has_names = new_components, call = call)
-  
+
   for (name in names(components)) {
     component <- components[[name]]
     component_path <- paste0(base_path, ".", name)
-    
+
     config_pluck_list(pkg, component_path, has_names = c("title", "text"), call = call)
     config_pluck_string(pkg, paste0(component_path, ".title"), call = call)
     config_pluck_string(pkg, paste0(component_path, ".text"), call = call)
@@ -158,10 +158,15 @@ data_home_sidebar_links <- function(pkg = ".") {
   repo <- cran_link(pkg$package)
   links <- config_pluck(pkg, "home.links")
 
+  bug_reports <- pkg$desc$get_field("BugReports", default = NULL)
+  if (grepl("@", bug_reports) && !startsWith(bug_reports, "http")) {
+    bug_reports <- paste0("mailto:", bug_reports)
+  }
+
   links <- c(
     link_url(sprintf(tr_("View on %s"), repo$repo), repo$url),
     link_url(tr_("Browse source code"), repo_home(pkg)),
-    link_url(tr_("Report a bug"), pkg$desc$get_field("BugReports", default = NULL)),
+    link_url(tr_("Report a bug"), bug_reports),
     purrr::map_chr(links, ~ link_url(.$text, .$href))
   )
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/build-home-index.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/build-home-index.md
index 63e60799b..8de6d29e4 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/build-home-index.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/build-home-index.md
@@ -149,3 +149,11 @@
       ! In _pkgdown.yml, home.sidebar.components.fancy must have components "title" and "text".
       2 missing components: "title" and "text".
 
+# allow email in BugReports
+
+    Code
+      xpath_xml(html, ".//li/a")
+    Output
+      <a href="mailto:me@tidyverse.com">Report a bug</a>
+      <a href="authors.html#citation">Citing testpackage</a>
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-build-home-index.R b/tests/testthat/test-build-home-index.R
index 283b39126..d452b215f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-build-home-index.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-build-home-index.R
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test_that("math is handled", {
   expect_equal(xpath_length(html, ".//math"), 1)
 })
 
-test_that("data_home() validates yaml metadata", {  
+test_that("data_home() validates yaml metadata", {
   data_home_ <- function(...) {
     pkg <- local_pkgdown_site(meta = list(...))
     data_home(pkg)
@@ -153,3 +153,10 @@ test_that("cran_unquote works", {
     "Quoting is CRAN's thing."
   )
 })
+
+test_that("allow email in BugReports", {
+  # currently desc throws a warning if BugReports is an email
+  pkg <- local_pkgdown_site(desc = list(BugReports = "me@tidyverse.com"))
+  html <- xml2::read_html(data_home_sidebar(pkg))
+  expect_snapshot(xpath_xml(html, ".//li/a"))
+})
diff --git a/vignettes/quarto.qmd b/vignettes/quarto.qmd
index 2e3afc24f..dd95085dd 100644
--- a/vignettes/quarto.qmd
+++ b/vignettes/quarto.qmd
@@ -24,14 +24,10 @@ project:
   render: ['*.qmd']
 ```
 
-### GitHub actions
+### GitHub Actions
 
-Currently, you'll need to manually install Quarto in your GitHub actions. ([Hopefully this will change in the future](https://github.com/r-lib/actions/issues/866)). Add the following lines to install quarto:
+The `setup-r-dependencies` action will [automatically](https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2-branch/setup-r-dependencies#usage) install Quarto in your GitHub Actions if a .qmd file is present in your repository (see the `install-quarto` parameter for more details). 
 
-```yaml
-     - name: Set up Quarto
-       uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
-```
 
 ## Limitations