diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1185d5ba..48162926 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
+        persist-credentials: false
     - name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ jobs:
       id: release
       uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@v9.14.0
       env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI