diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6a7ef9d..b12b208 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       id: release
       uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@9a026e9303981c866c3425723009becb2437c757 # v10.6.2
       with:
-        github_token: ${{ secrets.OPENEDX_SEMANTIC_RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         git_committer_name: "github-actions"
         git_committer_email: "github-actions@github.com"
         changelog: "false"