diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yaml
index 8269c03c..877ba904 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4