diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 75560a0d9..b32f1b8da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
         run: git merge --no-edit origin/master
       - name: Fetch latest release artifact
         id: latest
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           gh release download -p '*.tar.gz' -D release
           ls release | sed -ne 's/rules_haskell-\(.*\)[.]tar[.]gz/version=\1/p' >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"