diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-quarterly-gh-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/add-quarterly-gh-requests.yml
index d25aff0..8c61654 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/add-quarterly-gh-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/add-quarterly-gh-requests.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
     - cron: 0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *
   workflow_dispatch: {}
 
+env:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   create_issue:
     name: Create quarterly issues
@@ -23,5 +26,3 @@ jobs:
             --title "Quarterly repo-checks.py Run" \
             --label "github-request" \
             --body "It is time to perform the quartely run of \`repo-checks.py\` for the \`openedx\` org.  Instructions for running the script can be found [here](https://github.com/openedx/repo-tools/tree/master/edx_repo_tools/repo_checks#usage)."
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-weekly-gh-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/add-weekly-gh-requests.yml
index ffe9805..eea21f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/add-weekly-gh-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/add-weekly-gh-requests.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 name: Create weekly issues
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: 0 0 * * 0 
+    - cron: 0 0 * * 0
   workflow_dispatch: {}
 
+env:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   create_issue:
     name: Create weeksly issues
@@ -16,5 +19,3 @@ jobs:
             --title "Welcome new discourse members" \
             --label "github-request" \
             --body "Go through [new discourse introductions](https://discuss.openedx.org/c/community/introductions/18) and welcome new people to the community."
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}