diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
index cc36f6c..127241c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ jobs:
       output1: ${{ steps.version-number.outputs.VERSION }}
     needs: [build, test-commits]
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-    permissions:
-        contents: write
-        issues: write
-        pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -84,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits
       - name: Release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # autogenerated
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           # run semantic release and pipe the output both to the console and a log file
           semantic-release  2>&1 | tee log.txt