diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml
index fe56286..5503713 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: npx semantic-release
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       # push the version changes to GitHub
       - run: git push
         env: