Update workflow

Author: radcortez

.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml

@@ -12,18 +12,23 @@ concurrency:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
+  issues: write
 
 jobs:
   prepare-gradle:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        id: app-token
+        name: Create GitHub App Token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.CI_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.CI_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
-      - name: git author
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "SmallRye CI"
-          git config --global user.email "smallrye@googlegroups.com"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{steps.app-token.outputs.token}}
 
       - uses: radcortez/project-metadata-action@main
         name: retrieve project metadata
@@ -32,6 +37,11 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
           metadata-file-path: '.github/project.yml'
 
+      - name: git author
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "SmallRye CI"
+          git config --global user.email "smallrye@googlegroups.com"
+
       - name: Prepare Gradle
         run: |
           echo "version=${{steps.metadata.outputs.current-version}}" > tools/gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
@@ -44,4 +54,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Prepare Release
     if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merged == true}}
     uses: smallrye/.github/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml@main
+    with:
+      ref: main
     secrets: inherit