diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index 3519ec328485..d6f43b57ae22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm install @semantic-release/git
       - name: Release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
         run: npx semantic-release
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