diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot_auto_approve_and_merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot_auto_approve_and_merge.yml
index 32bcc47b..5f68a880 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot_auto_approve_and_merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot_auto_approve_and_merge.yml
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ jobs:
         run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.AUTOMERGE_PAT}}