diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index c700f20..53a98c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
+      - name: Generate token
+        id: generate_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.GH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
       - name: Create Release Pull Request or Create a GitHub Release + tag
         uses: changesets/action@v1
         with:
           # This expects you to have a script called release which does a build for your packages and calls changeset publish
           publish: yarn release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}