diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index 502f5d8987d9..ee27244bfb1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: automerge
       uses: 'pascalgn/automerge-action@v0.13.1'
       env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.TOKEN }}'
         MERGE_LABELS: 'automerge'
         MERGE_METHOD: 'squash'
         MERGE_FILTER_AUTHOR: 'mssonicbld'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label.yml b/.github/workflows/label.yml
index 5f8c0279b7e1..307cbd86f871 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/label.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ jobs:
   label:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+    - name: approve
+      run: |
+        set -e
+        echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | gh auth login --with-token
+        url=$(echo $GITHUB_CONTEXT | jq -r '.event.pull_request._links.html.href')
+        echo PR: $url
+        gh pr review $url --approve
     - uses: actions/labeler@main
       with:
         repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"