diff --git a/.github/workflows/assign_issue.yml b/.github/workflows/assign_issue.yml
index 5b5be618c85dc8..d26a69dec805c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/assign_issue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/assign_issue.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ on:
 jobs:
   auto_assign_issue:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/datadog/agent-issue-auto-assign:latest
+    container: 
+      image: ghcr.io/datadog/agent-issue-auto-assign:latest
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     permissions:
         issues: write
     steps: