diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0e82b3cee..774558a2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ jobs:
         
     - name: Attach Profiler And Startup Hooks
       continue-on-error: true #continue for now until we see it working in action
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         gh release upload ${{ github.ref_name }} "build/output/ElasticApmAgent_*.zip" "build/output/elastic_apm_profiler_*.zip"
 
@@ -101,6 +103,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ./build.bat profiler-zip
 
       - name: Attach Profiler
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         continue-on-error: true #continue for now until we see it working in action
         run: |
           gh release upload ${{ github.ref_name }} "build/output/elastic_apm_profiler_*.zip"