diff --git a/.github/workflows/linear-pr-integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/linear-pr-integration.yaml
index fc1e8a8c259..9e6f34f5f47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linear-pr-integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linear-pr-integration.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           pull_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           linear_api_key: ${{ secrets.LINEAR_TOKEN }}
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-validate-changesets.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-validate-changesets.yaml
index 286815b44e9..d15c13cd503 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-validate-changesets.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-validate-changesets.yaml
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ github.event.client_payload.ref }}
-          # workaround to ensure changeset file is pushed with REPO_TOKEN owner's account
-          # see https://github.com/changesets/action/issues/70
-          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Get PR's changeset file
         run: |
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "machine github.com" > $HOME/.netrc
           echo "login github-actions[bot]" >> $HOME/.netrc
-          echo "password ${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}" >> $HOME/.netrc
+          echo "password ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" >> $HOME/.netrc
           chmod 600 $HOME/.netrc
 
       - name: Commit Changeset
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           git commit -m "build: update dependency changeset"
           git push origin HEAD:${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   validate-changeset:
     name: Validate PR Changeset
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 98c20fa8953..18fde5f5bb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-          # workaround to ensure force pushes to changeset branch use REPO_TOKEN owner's account
-          # see https://github.com/changesets/action/issues/70
-          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: CI Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/ci-setup
@@ -76,13 +73,13 @@ jobs:
           githubReleaseName: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
           githubTagName: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Prettify changelog
         run: pnpm changeset:update-changelog
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
           PUBLISHED: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.published }}
           REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
           workflow: update-nightly.yml
           ref: master
           repo: FuelLabs/docs-hub
-          token: ${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Create PR to apply latest release to master
         if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true' && startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/') && env.RELEASE_VERSION_HIGHER_THAN_LATEST == 'true'
@@ -145,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
 
           gh pr create -B master -H $GITHUB_REF_NAME --title "$PR_TITLE" --body "$PR_BODY"
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
           LATEST_VERSION: ${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }}
 
@@ -155,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true' && startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/') && env.RELEASE_VERSION_HIGHER_THAN_LATEST == 'false'
         run: git push origin --delete ${{ github.ref_name }}
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       # Upload assets to S3
       - uses: unfor19/install-aws-cli-action@v1.0.7