diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 1600a0c0..dc9d27cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ jobs:
           git add package.json package-lock.json
           git commit -m "bump version ${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
           git push origin HEAD:main
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: publish-npm
         working-directory: openrewrite