diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-community-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-community-pr.yml
index 57a0fed1e..817d5f0b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-community-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-community-pr.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: sync fork
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TEMP_GH_SYNC_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           gh repo sync DataDog/community-operators \
           --source k8s-operatorhub/community-operators \
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: DataDog/community-operators
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.TEMP_GH_SYNC_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: checkout datadog-operator to tmp/ dir
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           cp -R ./tmp/bundle/* operators/datadog-operator/test-version
       - name: create PR
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TEMP_GH_SYNC_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           message="test PR"
           body="test PR"