diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index af468ec58..f3795241e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'substrait-io/substrait'
     steps:
-      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
         id: generate-token
         with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          # request token for both substrait and substrait-packaging repos
+          # for ci/release/notify.sh
+          repositories: |
+            substrait
+            substrait-packaging
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with: