diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml
index 4a7954ff8..31d59cd62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ jobs:
         id: get_version
         uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
             return context.payload.ref.replace(/\/refs\/tags\/version\//, '');
       - name: Create Release
         id: create_release
         uses: actions/create-release@v1.1.4
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
           release_name: Release ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.result }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/translation-compile.yml b/.github/workflows/translation-compile.yml
index 4d4158150..cfe597010 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translation-compile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translation-compile.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Setup authentik env
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
       - name: run compile
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
         id: cpr
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           branch: compile-backend-translation
           commit-message: "core: compile backend translations"
           title: "core: compile backend translations"