diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5579b810..cd1d2997 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: elastic/apm-pipeline-library/.github/actions/setup-git@current
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - uses: elastic/oblt-actions/git/setup@v1
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - run: npm ci # runs npm prepublish
 
       - name: configure NPMJS token