diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 612d635..8f29c15 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
         with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.REPO_MAINTAINER_TOKEN }}
 
       # TODO extract dedicated action
       - name: setup tea cli