diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 43716b1..8f29c15 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.REPO_MAINTAINER_TOKEN }}
 
       # TODO extract dedicated action
       - name: setup tea cli
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         env:
           GITEA_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
-          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_MAINTAINER_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           PROJECT_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}
         run: |
           npm install \