diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-registry.yaml b/.github/workflows/sync-registry.yaml
index 8b96d3876..4aea8fe29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-registry.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-registry.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Sync registry.k8s.io to ghcr.io/canonical
         env:
-          ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          DEST_CREDS: ${{ github.actor }}:${{ services.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          ./${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+          ./${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.sh
diff --git a/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.sh b/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.sh
index f63953614..b059ab1d7 100644
--- a/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.sh
+++ b/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
 DIR=$(realpath $(dirname "${0}"))
 
 docker run -v "${DIR}/registry-k8s-io.yaml":/config.yaml quay.io/skopeo/stable:v1.15 sync \