diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_issue_to_project.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_issue_to_project.yml
index 9ad9303ebf..4ecf9b6ea9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_issue_to_project.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_issue_to_project.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
           # URL of the project to add issues to
           project-url: https://github.com/orgs/evennia/projects/1
           # A GitHub personal access token with write access to the project
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.EVENNIA_TICKET_TO_PROJECT }}