diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8cc8a9c..19f2e1c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@
       "publish": false
     },
     "github": {
-      "release": true
+      "release": true,
+      "tokenRef": "SPOKESTACK_WEBSITE_GITHUB_TOKEN"
     },
     "plugins": {
       "@release-it/conventional-changelog": {