diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-cdk-command-manually.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-cdk-command-manually.yml
index 7fae6ce9e4dc..2c01c75a0fcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-cdk-command-manually.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-cdk-command-manually.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.event.inputs.repo }}
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.gitref }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.AIRBYTEIO_PAT }}
       - name: "Publish Airbyte CDK: bump version"
         run: |
           pip install bumpversion