Passing github token secret using the secret as suggested by Dave, taking as example this other build.yaml: https://github.com/envoy/envoy-plugin-brivo/blob/5d45cd43fd534c4ea1a702c2c4217b4795937186/.github/workflows/build.yml#L8-L9

Author: Victor Herrera

.github/workflows/build.yaml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+    secrets:
+      gh-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm