diff --git a/.github/repository-settings.md b/.github/repository-settings.md
index b04c3138edef..4451e18f47c5 100644
--- a/.github/repository-settings.md
+++ b/.github/repository-settings.md
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ private admin repo.
 ### Organization variables
 
 - `OTELBOT_APP_ID`
+- `OTELBOT_JAVA_INSTRUMENTATION_APP_ID` (scoped only to this repo)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-license-report.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-license-report.yml
index 07173899c34f..e15a12c222ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-license-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-license-report.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.check-patch.outputs.exists == 'true'
         id: otelbot-token
         with:
-          app-id: ${{ secrets.OTELBOT_JAVA_INSTRUMENTATION_APP_ID }}
+          app-id: ${{ vars.OTELBOT_JAVA_INSTRUMENTATION_APP_ID }}
           private-key: ${{ secrets.OTELBOT_JAVA_INSTRUMENTATION_PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/metadata-update.yml b/.github/workflows/metadata-update.yml
index f44b0279f585..df9151e0ccfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/metadata-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/metadata-update.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@7e473efe3cb98aa54f8d4bac15400b15fad77d94 # v2.2.0
         id: otelbot-token
         with:
-          app-id: ${{ secrets.OTELBOT_JAVA_INSTRUMENTATION_APP_ID }}
+          app-id: ${{ vars.OTELBOT_JAVA_INSTRUMENTATION_APP_ID }}
           private-key: ${{ secrets.OTELBOT_JAVA_INSTRUMENTATION_PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0