diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7e09eac..b72526b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
       - id: last_release
         name: Fetch last release info
         run: echo "tag=$(gh release view --json tagName --jq '.tagName')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - id: commits
         name: Count Commits
         run: echo "count=$(git rev-list --count ${{ steps.last_release.outputs.tag }}..HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT