diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
index ca7912f9068f..290cdce1c4ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         id: release
         uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.ORG_REPO_TOKEN }}
           target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
   manual-release-please:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Release Please
         run: |
           release-please release-pr --repo-url=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }} \
-            --token=${{ secrets.PAT }} \
+            --token=${{ secrets.ORG_REPO_TOKEN }} \
             --release-as=${{ github.event.inputs.version }} \
             --target-branch=${{ github.ref_name }}
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ steps.extract_info.outputs.version }}
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.ORG_REPO_TOKEN }}
           script: |
             await github.rest.git.createRef({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ steps.extract_info.outputs.pr_number }}
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.ORG_REPO_TOKEN }}
           script: |
             const prNumber = parseInt('${{ steps.extract_info.outputs.pr_number }}', 10);
             github.rest.issues.removeLabel({