diff --git a/.github/workflows/snyk-github-issue-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/snyk-github-issue-sync.yml
index 77604a126d..0c50b2c505 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snyk-github-issue-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snyk-github-issue-sync.yml
@@ -57,3 +57,5 @@ jobs:
           SNYK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SNYK_TOKEN }}
       - name: Update Github issues
         run: yarn ts-node scripts/snyk-github-issue-sync.ts
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}