diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index c1f3c320f..ab47d8042 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: automerge
         uses: "pascalgn/automerge-action@v0.13.0"
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GH_REPO_TOKEN }}"
           MERGE_LABELS: "automerge,!WIP"
           MERGE_REMOVE_LABELS: "automerge"
           MERGE_METHOD: "squash"