diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1294bfe..b0f1bef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Python ${{ vars.RTLDEV_MW_CI_PYTHON_VERSION }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
@@ -52,5 +53,5 @@ jobs:
           TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.TWINE_USERNAME }}
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
           RTLDEV_MW_NOTIFICATION_URI: ${{ secrets.RTLDEV_MW_NOTIFICATION_URI }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RTLDEV_MW_CI_TOKEN }}
         run: npx semantic-release