diff --git a/.github/workflows/rich-codex.yml b/.github/workflows/rich-codex.yml
index ffe4359da5..9d43c7f1ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rich-codex.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rich-codex.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4
+        with:
+          # Use @nf-core-bot token to check out so we can push without a PR
+          token: ${{ secrets.NF_CORE_BOT_AUTH_TOKEN }}
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d # v5
         with: