diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index b31e5b6..2f34060 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: Configure Git
         env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
         run: |
             git config --global advice.detachedHead false
             git config --global url."https://${TOKEN}:x-oauth-basic@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.changes.outputs.HAS_CHANGES == 'true'
         env:
           IS_MINOR: ${{ contains(inputs.release-as-minor, 'true') }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           CURRENT_VERSION_PARTS=(${CURRENT_VERSION//./ })
           MAJOR=${CURRENT_VERSION_PARTS[0]}
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Release New Version
         if: ${{ success() && github.ref_name == 'master' && steps.changes.outputs.HAS_CHANGES == 'true' && !inputs.skip-release }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           git tag -a ${NEW_VERSION} -m "New version ${NEW_VERSION}"
           echo "Pushing new tag to remote, which will trigger the Release workflow"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c645b08..854a6f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ jobs:
           args: release --clean
         env:
           GPG_FINGERPRINT: ${{ steps.import_gpg.outputs.fingerprint }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
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