diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/upstream-sync.yml
index 3dde943c4dc..42c3fe18d59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream-sync.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ env:
   USERNAME: kie-ci
   USEREMAIL: kie-ci0@redhat.com
   UPSTREAM_REMOTE: https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-runtimes.git
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.UPSTREAM_SYNC_TOKEN }}
 
 on:
   schedule: