diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2979747..230564c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
         with:
           version: "24.x"
+          repo-token: ${{ github.token }}
       - name: Check all targets at MSRV
         run: cargo check --locked --all-targets --all-features
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
         with:
           version: "24.x"
+          repo-token: ${{ github.token }}
       - name: Test
         run: cargo test --locked --all-features
       - name: Check all targets
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3cf770a..2a4e023 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
         with:
           version: "24.x"
+          repo-token: ${{ github.token }}
       - name: Verify tag matches package version
         run: |
           package_version="$(cargo metadata --locked --no-deps --format-version 1 | python3 -c 'import json,sys; data=json.load(sys.stdin); print(next(p["version"] for p in data["packages"] if p["name"] == "unirust-rs"))')"