diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index 5f9bdc126..3d8dbf796 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.WRITE_TRADEBOT_DETECTION_RULES_TOKEN }}
           ref: main
           fetch-depth: 100
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-backport.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-backport.yml
index d3f51cf29..886331ad5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-backport.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout detection-rules
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.WRITE_TRADEBOT_DETECTION_RULES_TOKEN }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set github config