diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/github-release/github-release.js b/.azure-pipelines/github-release/github-release.js
index 538e6fb..307c0dc 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/github-release/github-release.js
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/github-release/github-release.js
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ This is intended to be run by the release pipeline only.`);
     process.exit(1);
 }
 
-const auth = createActionAuth();
-const authentication = await auth();
-
 async function createRelease() {
 
+    const auth = createActionAuth();
+    const authentication = await auth();
+
     const octokit = new Octokit({
         auth: authentication.token
     });