diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Governance/Actions.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Governance/Actions.hs
index 65b151ab6e..760e7bf67d 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Governance/Actions.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Governance/Actions.hs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ data GovernanceActionCmds era
   | GovernanceActionCreateNoConfidenceCmd         !(GovernanceActionCreateNoConfidenceCmdArgs era)
   | GovernanceActionProtocolParametersUpdateCmd   !(GovernanceActionProtocolParametersUpdateCmdArgs era)
   | GovernanceActionTreasuryWithdrawalCmd         !(GovernanceActionTreasuryWithdrawalCmdArgs era)
-  | GovernanceActionHardforkInitCmd               !(GovernanceActionHardforkInitCmdArgs era) 
+  | GovernanceActionHardforkInitCmd               !(GovernanceActionHardforkInitCmdArgs era)
   | GovernanceActionInfoCmd                       !(GovernanceActionInfoCmdArgs era)
   | GovernanceActionViewCmd                       !(GovernanceActionViewCmdArgs era)
   deriving Show
@@ -87,15 +87,14 @@ data GovernanceActionInfoCmdArgs era
 
 data GovernanceActionCreateNoConfidenceCmdArgs era
   = GovernanceActionCreateNoConfidenceCmdArgs
-      { eon                   :: !(ConwayEraOnwards era)
-      , networkId             :: !L.Network
-      , deposit               :: !L.Coin
-      , returnStakeAddress    :: !StakeIdentifier
-      , proposalUrl           :: !ProposalUrl
-      , proposalHash          :: !(L.SafeHash L.StandardCrypto L.AnchorData)
-      , governanceActionId    :: !TxId
-      , governanceActionIndex :: !Word32
-      , outFile               :: !(File () Out)
+      { eon                     :: !(ConwayEraOnwards era)
+      , networkId               :: !L.Network
+      , deposit                 :: !L.Coin
+      , returnStakeAddress      :: !StakeIdentifier
+      , proposalUrl             :: !ProposalUrl
+      , proposalHash            :: !(L.SafeHash L.StandardCrypto L.AnchorData)
+      , mPrevGovernanceActionId :: !(Maybe (TxId, Word32))
+      , outFile                 :: !(File () Out)
       } deriving Show
 
 data GovernanceActionProtocolParametersUpdateCmdArgs era
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Governance/Actions.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Governance/Actions.hs
index 9ddc676a46..3da653f764 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Governance/Actions.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Governance/Actions.hs
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ pGovernanceActionNoConfidenceCmd era = do
               <*> pStakeIdentifier (Just "deposit-return")
               <*> pAnchorUrl
               <*> pAnchorDataHash
-              <*> pTxId "prev-governance-action-tx-id" "Txid of the previous governance action."
-              <*> pWord32 "prev-governance-action-index" "Action index of the previous governance action."
+              <*> pPreviousGovernanceAction
               <*> pFileOutDirection "out-file" "Output filepath of the no confidence proposal."
         )
     $ Opt.progDesc "Create a no confidence proposal."
@@ -395,17 +394,17 @@ pNewProtVer = (,) <$> pProtMajor <*> pProtMinor
             [ Opt.long "protocol-major-version"
             , Opt.metavar "MAJOR"
             , Opt.help $ mconcat
-              ["Specify the major protocol version to fork into. It must be the next natural number " 
+              ["Specify the major protocol version to fork into. It must be the next natural number "
               , "after the current version and must be supported by the node."
               ]
-            ]  
-          
+            ]
+
     pProtMinor :: Parser Natural
     pProtMinor =
         Opt.option Opt.auto $ mconcat
             [ Opt.long "protocol-minor-version"
             , Opt.metavar "MINOR"
-            , Opt.help "Minor protocol version. Must be zero when the major protocol version is increased." 
+            , Opt.help "Minor protocol version. Must be zero when the major protocol version is increased."
             ]
 
 pPV :: Parser L.ProtVer
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs
index 01f73c80a5..cdd836b560 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ runGovernanceActionCreateNoConfidenceCmd
       , Cmd.returnStakeAddress
       , Cmd.proposalUrl
       , Cmd.proposalHash
-      , Cmd.governanceActionId
-      , Cmd.governanceActionIndex
+      , Cmd.mPrevGovernanceActionId
       , Cmd.outFile
       } = do
   depositStakeCredential
@@ -131,12 +130,10 @@ runGovernanceActionCreateNoConfidenceCmd
         }
 
   let sbe = conwayEraOnwardsToShelleyBasedEra eon
-      previousGovernanceAction = MotionOfNoConfidence
-                                   $ L.SJust
-                                   $ shelleyBasedEraConstraints sbe
-                                   $ createPreviousGovernanceActionId
-                                       governanceActionId
-                                       governanceActionIndex
+      previousGovernanceAction =
+        MotionOfNoConfidence $ L.maybeToStrictMaybe
+                             $ shelleyBasedEraConstraints sbe
+                             $ uncurry createPreviousGovernanceActionId <$> mPrevGovernanceActionId
 
       proposalProcedure = createProposalProcedure sbe networkId deposit depositStakeCredential previousGovernanceAction proposalAnchor
 
@@ -416,4 +413,4 @@ runGovernanceActionHardforkInitCmd
 
   firstExceptT GovernanceActionsCmdWriteFileError . newExceptT
     $ conwayEraOnwardsConstraints eon
-    $ writeFileTextEnvelope outFile (Just "Hardfork initiation proposal") proposalProcedure
\ No newline at end of file
+    $ writeFileTextEnvelope outFile (Just "Hardfork initiation proposal") proposalProcedure
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
index f4dd3c0c05..a89fcd02b1 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
@@ -6770,8 +6770,8 @@ Usage: cardano-cli conway governance action create-no-confidence
                                                                    )
                                                                    --anchor-url TEXT
                                                                    --anchor-data-hash HASH
-                                                                   --prev-governance-action-tx-id TXID
-                                                                   --prev-governance-action-index WORD32
+                                                                   [--prev-governance-action-tx-id TXID
+                                                                     --prev-governance-action-index WORD32]
                                                                    --out-file FILE
 
   Create a no confidence proposal.
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/conway_governance_action_create-no-confidence.cli b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/conway_governance_action_create-no-confidence.cli
index 8357e129d4..18880bc996 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/conway_governance_action_create-no-confidence.cli
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/conway_governance_action_create-no-confidence.cli
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ Usage: cardano-cli conway governance action create-no-confidence
                                                                    )
                                                                    --anchor-url TEXT
                                                                    --anchor-data-hash HASH
-                                                                   --prev-governance-action-tx-id TXID
-                                                                   --prev-governance-action-index WORD32
+                                                                   [--prev-governance-action-tx-id TXID
+                                                                     --prev-governance-action-index WORD32]
                                                                    --out-file FILE
 
   Create a no confidence proposal.