diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index a713652a492..30259726dd7 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.6.2
   name: yarn-install
 - commands:
-  - git clone "https://github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git" --depth=1
+  - git clone "https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git"
+    --depth=1
   - cd grafana-enterprise
   - git fetch origin "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*"
   - git tag -d $${TEST_TAG} && git push --delete origin $${TEST_TAG} && git tag $${TEST_TAG}
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ steps:
     DOWNSTREAM_REPO:
       from_secret: downstream
     GITHUB_TOKEN:
-      from_secret: github_token
+      from_secret: github_token_pr
     TEST_TAG: v0.0.0-test
   failure: ignore
   image: grafana/build-container:1.6.2
@@ -1222,7 +1223,8 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.6.2
   name: yarn-install
 - commands:
-  - git clone "https://github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git" --depth=1
+  - git clone "https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git"
+    --depth=1
   - cd grafana-enterprise
   - git fetch origin "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*"
   - git tag -d $${TEST_TAG} && git push --delete origin $${TEST_TAG} && git tag $${TEST_TAG}
@@ -1236,7 +1238,7 @@ steps:
     DOWNSTREAM_REPO:
       from_secret: downstream
     GITHUB_TOKEN:
-      from_secret: github_token
+      from_secret: github_token_pr
     TEST_TAG: v0.0.0-test
   failure: ignore
   image: grafana/build-container:1.6.2
@@ -5326,6 +5328,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: packages_secret_access_key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: e27e9edb142704ae4e5bdd205123d75c0c1ad5944ae2956847a0b4b411b325eb
+hmac: 31fbe97765960b69214b14b9a2514ff7f6441a4e6d18636c47e7e0989a896fde
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index 6305c2e4a84..0eb41b321f0 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -1198,12 +1198,12 @@ def trigger_test_release():
         'name': 'trigger-test-release',
         'image': build_image,
         'environment': {
-            'GITHUB_TOKEN': from_secret('github_token'),
+            'GITHUB_TOKEN': from_secret('github_token_pr'),
             'DOWNSTREAM_REPO': from_secret('downstream'),
             'TEST_TAG': 'v0.0.0-test',
         },
         'commands': [
-            'git clone "https://github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git" --depth=1',
+            'git clone "https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git" --depth=1',
             'cd grafana-enterprise',
             'git fetch origin "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*"',
             'git tag -d $${TEST_TAG} && git push --delete origin $${TEST_TAG} && git tag $${TEST_TAG} && git push origin $${TEST_TAG}',