diff --git a/.github/workflows/capabilities_and_config.yaml b/.github/workflows/capabilities_and_config.yaml
index 73ddacc6..f4e108cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/capabilities_and_config.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/capabilities_and_config.yaml
@@ -11,10 +11,19 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+      - name: Mint baton-ci app token
+        id: ci-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.BATON_CI_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.BATON_CI_SECRET_KEY }}
+          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          repositories: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.RELENG_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ steps.ci-token.outputs.token }}
 
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5