diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 16c2a95..337b870 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           arguments: assemble
         env:
-          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@3cea5372237819ed00197afe530f5a7ea3e805c8 # tag=v3.1.0
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           arguments: release -PartifactsDir=artifacts -PskipArchiveResolver
         env:
-          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
 
       - name: Upload JReleaser output
         if: always()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa8ffe5..b4a6a79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ The notable parts of the `build` job are, that we set the toolchain to `stable`
         with:
           arguments: assemble
         env:
-          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@3cea5372237819ed00197afe530f5a7ea3e805c8 # tag=v3.1.0
@@ -219,9 +219,11 @@ The `release` job very simple, it will download the artifacts folder and uses th
         with:
           arguments: release -PartifactsDir=artifacts -PskipArchiveResolver
         env:
-          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
 ```
 
+> As we going to write to a different repository, we need to create a personal access token with the `repo` scope and add it to the GitHub secrets. The name is `GH_PAT`.
+
 ## Release
 
 Now we are ready to release our project. We need to create a tag and push it to GitHub. I will use the `v0.1.0` tag for and push it to GitHub.