From 5d63e000d66abd6c81518513f1dd6e89e569dc7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Loganathan G P <106108501+logusivam@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 17:00:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): use custom GH_PAT to bypass branch ruleset on
 release

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ed03dd1..39f9124 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npx semantic-release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}