diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b6f7e12..35876c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo pip install docker==5.0.3 docker-squash cekit odcs[client] packaging==21.3
       - name: Checkout the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Create release tag
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update.yml b/.github/workflows/update.yml
index 7f3006a..cbba56c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Set up the repo
         run: |