diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index bc9abfad..4e2839f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Publish multi-arch tf-controller container image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
         with: