diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag.yml b/.github/workflows/tag.yml
index 83efed8..209c567 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ on:
         default: "ubuntu-latest"
         required: false
         type: string
+    secrets:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN:
+        description: "github token to use for tag creation"
+        required: false
 
 jobs:
   git-tag:
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create tags
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
-          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN || github.token }}
           script: |
             github.rest.git.createRef({
               owner: context.repo.owner,