diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2a420a34..bb490626 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.6.0
 	github.com/invopop/yaml v0.2.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221031165847-c99f073a8326
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.1.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-git/gcfg v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 // indirect
@@ -25,8 +27,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210817164053-32db794688a5 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210326060303-6b1517762897 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6bb21dd9..145321c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -27,8 +27,13 @@ github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.2.1 h1:n9gGL1Ct/yIw+nfsfr8s4+sbhT+Ncu2Su
 github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:K8zd3kDUAykwTdDCr+I0per6Y6vMiRR/nnVTBtavnB0=
 github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.4.2 h1:BXyZu9t0VkbiHtqrsvdq39UDhGJTl1h55VW6CSC4aY4=
 github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.4.2/go.mod h1:gQ1kArt6d+n+BGd+/B/I74HwRTLhth2+zti4ihgckDc=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-github/v48 v48.0.0 h1:9H5fWVXFK6ZsRriyPbjtnFAkJnoj0WKFtTYfpCRrTm8=
 github.com/google/go-github/v48 v48.0.0/go.mod h1:dDlehKBDo850ZPvCTK0sEqTCVWcrGl2LcDiajkYi89Y=
@@ -75,16 +80,22 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.0 h1:wUMzuKtKilRgBAD1sUb8gOwwRr2FGoBVumcjoOACClI=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.0/go.mod h1:3s9xbODqPuuhK9JV1R321M/FlMZSBvE5aY6eAcqrDh0=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190219172222-a4c6cb3142f2/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210421170649-83a5a9bb288b/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210817164053-32db794688a5 h1:HWj/xjIHfjYU5nVXpTM0s39J9CbLn7Cc5a7IC5rwsMQ=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210817164053-32db794688a5/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221031165847-c99f073a8326 h1:QfTh0HpN6hlw6D3vu8DAwC8pBIwikq0AI1evdm+FksE=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221031165847-c99f073a8326/go.mod h1:CxIveKay+FTh1D0yPZemJVgC/95VzuuOLq5Qi4xnoYc=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210326060303-6b1517762897 h1:KrsHThm5nFk34YtATK1LsThyGhGbGe1olrte/HInHvs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210326060303-6b1517762897/go.mod h1:uSPa2vr4CLtc/ILN5odXGNXS6mhrKVzTaCXzk9m6W3k=
+golang.org/x/net v0.1.0 h1:hZ/3BUoy5aId7sCpA/Tc5lt8DkFgdVS2onTpJsZ/fl0=
+golang.org/x/net v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Cx3nUiGt4eDBEyega/BKRp+/AlGL8hYe7U9odMt2Cco=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.1.0 h1:isLCZuhj4v+tYv7eskaN4v/TM+A1begWWgyVJDdl1+Y=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.1.0/go.mod h1:G9FE4dLTsbXUu90h/Pf85g4w1D+SSAgR+q46nJZ8M4A=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180905080454-ebe1bf3edb33/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190507160741-ecd444e8653b/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190916202348-b4ddaad3f8a3/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200302150141-5c8b2ff67527/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -94,12 +105,20 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210324051608-47abb6519492/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210502180810-71e4cd670f79/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0 h1:kunALQeHf1/185U1i0GOB/fy1IPRDDpuoOOqRReG57U=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1 h1:v+OssWQX+hTHEmOBgwxdZxK4zHq3yOs8F9J7mk0PY8E=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 h1:cokOdA+Jmi5PJGXLlLllQSgYigAEfHXJAERHVMaCc2k=
+golang.org/x/term v0.1.0 h1:g6Z6vPFA9dYBAF7DWcH6sCcOntplXsDKcliusYijMlw=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.4.0 h1:BrVqGRd7+k1DiOgtnFvAkoQEWQvBc25ouMJM6429SFg=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 h1:FZR1q0exgwxzPzp/aF+VccGrSfxfPpkBqjIIEq3ru6c=
+google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 h1:w43yiav+6bVFTBQFZX0r7ipe9JQ1QsbMgHwbBziscLw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index be246a15..a21ae63d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func runAction() error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if err := createRelease(releaseVersion, commitHash, docPath, docVersion, speakeasyVersion); err != nil {
+		if err := createRelease(releaseVersion, commitHash, docPath, docVersion, speakeasyVersion, accessToken); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -181,7 +181,11 @@ func runAction() error {
 		outputLines = append(outputLines, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
 	}
 
-	os.Setenv("GITHUB_OUTPUT", strings.Join(outputLines, "\n"))
+	o := strings.Join(outputLines, "\n")
+
+	fmt.Printf("Setting outputs: \n%s\n", o)
+
+	os.Setenv("GITHUB_OUTPUT", o)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/release.go b/release.go
index 6d9dc622..a6d53a66 100644
--- a/release.go
+++ b/release.go
@@ -8,15 +8,24 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-github/v48/github"
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 )
 
-func createRelease(sdkVersion, commitHash, openAPIDocPath, openAPIDocVersion, speakeasyCLIVersion string) error {
+func createRelease(sdkVersion, commitHash, openAPIDocPath, openAPIDocVersion, speakeasyCLIVersion, accessToken string) error {
+	fmt.Println("Creating release")
+
 	repoPath := os.Getenv("GITHUB_REPOSITORY")
 	parts := strings.Split(repoPath, "/")
 
 	tag := "v" + sdkVersion
 
-	_, _, err := github.NewClient(nil).Repositories.CreateRelease(context.Background(), os.Getenv("GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER"), parts[len(parts)-1], &github.RepositoryRelease{
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ts := oauth2.StaticTokenSource(
+		&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: accessToken},
+	)
+	tc := oauth2.NewClient(ctx, ts)
+
+	_, _, err := github.NewClient(tc).Repositories.CreateRelease(context.Background(), os.Getenv("GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER"), parts[len(parts)-1], &github.RepositoryRelease{
 		TagName:         github.String(tag),
 		TargetCommitish: github.String(commitHash),
 		Name:            github.String(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", tag, time.Now().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))),