diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-transactional.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release-transactional.yml
index ba4c678..c538760 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-transactional.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-transactional.yml
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Release
         uses: actions/create-release@latest
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_CODEGEN_TOKEN }}  #use fresh token
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # token automatically provided
           SPEC_VERSION: ${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}