diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7f925ce..c6c8e72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -110,11 +110,18 @@ jobs:
     needs: [publish_pypi, publish_docker]
 
     steps:
+      - name: Generate app token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: main
           fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
 
       - name: Download bumped manifests
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -122,9 +129,11 @@ jobs:
           name: manifests
 
       - name: Commit and push version bump
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git add pyproject.toml uv.lock
           git commit -m "chore: bump version to ${VERSION#v} [skip ci]"
           git push origin main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
index 49ede07..9318c45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,18 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
 
     steps:
+      - name: Generate app token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
 
       - name: Update Changelog
         uses: stefanzweifel/changelog-updater-action@v1
@@ -29,6 +37,8 @@ jobs:
           release-notes: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
 
       - name: Commit updated CHANGELOG
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"