diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-api-schema-sha.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-api-schema-sha.yml
index 43581520d038a..850a2bc89c593 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-api-schema-sha.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-api-schema-sha.yml
@@ -12,13 +12,19 @@ jobs:
     name: 'Bump API Schema SHA'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+      - name: Get auth token
+        id: token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@5d869da34e18e7287c1daad50e0b8ea0f506ce69 # v1.11.0
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.SENTRY_INTERNAL_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_INTERNAL_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
       - name: 'Bump API Schema SHA'
         shell: bash
         env:
           # An elevated token is necessary because with plain github.token
           # GitHub does not recursively call workflows, which means CI does not
           # kick off for the PR we're about to create.
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_RELEASE_PAT }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index 2ada031babfa1..e6a92579e6ba7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -13,14 +13,20 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: "Release a new version"
     steps:
+      - name: Get auth token
+        id: token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@5d869da34e18e7287c1daad50e0b8ea0f506ce69 # v1.11.0
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.SENTRY_RELEASE_BOT_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_RELEASE_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GH_RELEASE_PAT }}
+          token: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Prepare release
         uses: getsentry/action-prepare-release@v1
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_RELEASE_PAT }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
         with:
           version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
           force: ${{ github.event.inputs.force }}