diff --git a/.github/actions/release/action.yaml b/.github/actions/release/action.yaml
index db2cbbe..510ecde 100644
--- a/.github/actions/release/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/release/action.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: Release
 description: create a GitHub Release and upload artifacts
 
 inputs:
+  github_token:
+    description: "GitHub token to request GitHub API"
+    required: true
   tag:
     description: "The tag name of the release"
     required: true
@@ -18,12 +21,15 @@ runs:
         node-version: 18
 
     - name: Install dependencies
+      shell: bash
       run: npm ci
 
     - name: Build project
+      shell: bash
       run: npm run build
 
     - name: Zip artifacts
+      shell: bash
       run: |
         zip -r notoin-bar-colorize.zip dist/
 
@@ -32,4 +38,5 @@ runs:
       with:
         files: notoin-bar-colorize.zip
         body_path: CHANGELOG.md
-        tag_name: ${{ inputs.tag }}
\ No newline at end of file
+        tag_name: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+        token: ${{ inputs.github_token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 936466d..52f3b27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/release
         with:
           tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tagpr.yaml b/.github/workflows/tagpr.yaml
index fea1dad..77514e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tagpr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tagpr.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ./.github/actions/release
         with:
           tag: ${{ needs.tagpr.outputs.tag }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}