diff --git a/tests/jenkins/TestStandardReleasePipelineWithGenericTriggers.groovy b/tests/jenkins/TestStandardReleasePipelineWithGenericTriggers.groovy
index 8605ff79c..bab2c86d2 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/TestStandardReleasePipelineWithGenericTriggers.groovy
+++ b/tests/jenkins/TestStandardReleasePipelineWithGenericTriggers.groovy
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class TestStandardReleasePipelineWithGenericTriggers extends BuildPipelineTest {
             c -> c.contains('curl')
         }
         assertThat(cmd.size(), equalTo(1))
-        assertThat(cmd, hasItem("curl -X PATCH -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer GIT_TOKEN' https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/releases/17372790 -d '{\"tag_name\":\"1.0.0\",\"draft\":false,\"prerelease\":false}'"))
+        assertThat(cmd, hasItem("curl -X PATCH -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer GITHUB_TOKEN' https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/releases/17372790 -d '{\"tag_name\":\"1.0.0\",\"draft\":false,\"prerelease\":false}'"))
 
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/jenkins/jobs/StandardReleasePipelineWithGenericTriggers_Jenkinsfile.txt b/tests/jenkins/jobs/StandardReleasePipelineWithGenericTriggers_Jenkinsfile.txt
index 4352967cf..e4e9b5776 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/jobs/StandardReleasePipelineWithGenericTriggers_Jenkinsfile.txt
+++ b/tests/jenkins/jobs/StandardReleasePipelineWithGenericTriggers_Jenkinsfile.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
                standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.postCleanup()
                   postCleanup.cleanWs({disableDeferredWipeout=true, deleteDirs=true})
             standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.script(groovy.lang.Closure)
-               standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.string({credentialsId=jenkins-github-bot-token, variable=GIT_TOKEN})
-               standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.withCredentials([GIT_TOKEN], groovy.lang.Closure)
-                  standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.sh(curl -X PATCH -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer GIT_TOKEN' https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/releases/17372790 -d '{"tag_name":"1.0.0","draft":false,"prerelease":false}')
+               standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.usernamePassword({credentialsId=jenkins-github-bot-token, usernameVariable=GITHUB_USER, passwordVariable=GITHUB_TOKEN})
+               standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.withCredentials([[GITHUB_USER, GITHUB_TOKEN]], groovy.lang.Closure)
+                  standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.sh(curl -X PATCH -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer GITHUB_TOKEN' https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/releases/17372790 -d '{"tag_name":"1.0.0","draft":false,"prerelease":false}')
diff --git a/vars/standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.groovy b/vars/standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.groovy
index d04a2bbe1..7ddf83b31 100644
--- a/vars/standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.groovy
+++ b/vars/standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger.groovy
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ void call(Map args = [:], Closure body) {
                 regexpFilterExpression: (args.regexpFilterExpression ?: 'true')
             )
         }
-    environment {
-        tag = "$ref"
-    }
-        stages{
-            stage("Release") {
+        environment {
+            tag = "$ref"
+        }
+        stages {
+            stage('Release') {
                 steps {
                     script {
                         body()
@@ -63,18 +63,18 @@ void call(Map args = [:], Closure body) {
         post {
             success {
                 script {
-                    if (args.publishRelease && release_url!= null){
-                        withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'jenkins-github-bot-token', variable: 'GIT_TOKEN')]){
-                            sh "curl -X PATCH -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer ${GIT_TOKEN}' ${release_url} -d '{\"tag_name\":\"${tag}\",\"draft\":false,\"prerelease\":false}'"
-                            } 
-                    } 
+                    if (args.publishRelease && release_url != null) {
+                        withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'jenkins-github-bot-token', usernameVariable: 'GITHUB_USER', passwordVariable: 'GITHUB_TOKEN')]) {
+                            sh "curl -X PATCH -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}' ${release_url} -d '{\"tag_name\":\"${tag}\",\"draft\":false,\"prerelease\":false}'"
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
             always {
                 script {
                     postCleanup()
-                    }
                 }
             }
         }
-    }
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+    }
+}
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