diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index 502f5d8987d9..ee27244bfb1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: automerge
       uses: 'pascalgn/automerge-action@v0.13.1'
       env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.TOKEN }}'
         MERGE_LABELS: 'automerge'
         MERGE_METHOD: 'squash'
         MERGE_FILTER_AUTHOR: 'mssonicbld'