diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index f22fb00938..7c89dde522 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.SWISSPOSTDEVS_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           ref: changeset-release/${{ github.ref_name }}
 
       - name: Setup Node & pnpm
@@ -259,7 +260,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Commit Changes and Push Branch
         uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
         with:
-          default_author: github_actions
           message: 'chore(changesets): update release specific files'
           push: true
 
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.SWISSPOSTDEVS_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           ref: '@swisspost/design-system-styles@${{ fromJSON(needs.collect-release-data.outputs.release-data).old.version }}'
 
       - name: Remove Documentation versions.json
@@ -373,7 +374,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Commit Changes and Push Release Branch
         uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
         with:
-          default_author: github_actions
           new_branch: ${{ fromJSON(needs.collect-release-data.outputs.release-data).branchName }}
           message: 'chore(setup): create "${{ fromJSON(needs.collect-release-data.outputs.release-data).branchName }}" branch'
           push: true
@@ -409,17 +409,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.SWISSPOSTDEVS_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Remove Changeset Branch
         if: needs.collect-release-data.outputs.release-changeset-branch-exists == 'true'
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: git push origin --delete changeset-release/${{ fromJSON(needs.collect-release-data.outputs.release-data).branchName }}
 
       - name: Remove Release Branch
         if: needs.collect-release-data.outputs.release-branch-exists == 'true'
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: git push origin --delete ${{ fromJSON(needs.collect-release-data.outputs.release-data).branchName }}
 
       - name: Create Summary