diff --git a/shell/ci/release/dryrun.sh b/shell/ci/release/dryrun.sh
index bf9b95f7..44ed113b 100755
--- a/shell/ci/release/dryrun.sh
+++ b/shell/ci/release/dryrun.sh
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ if ! git diff --quiet "$OLD_CIRCLE_BRANCH"; then
 
   GITHUB_TOKEN="$(github_token)"
   if [[ -z $GITHUB_TOKEN ]]; then
-    warn "Failed to read Github personal access token" >&2
+    warn "Failed to read GitHub token" >&2
   fi
 
+  run_gh auth setup-git
+
   MISE_GITHUB_TOKEN="$GITHUB_TOKEN" GH_TOKEN="$GITHUB_TOKEN" \
     yarn --frozen-lockfile semantic-release --dry-run
 
diff --git a/shell/ci/release/pre-release.sh b/shell/ci/release/pre-release.sh
index 70356c9a..564d79af 100755
--- a/shell/ci/release/pre-release.sh
+++ b/shell/ci/release/pre-release.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ if [[ $CIRCLE_BRANCH != "$prereleasesBranch" ]] && [[ $DRYRUN == "false" ]]; the
   exit 0
 fi
 
+run_gh auth setup-git
+
 # If we're in dry-run mode, skip creating the release.
 if [[ $DRYRUN == "true" ]]; then
   exit 0
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ if [[ $COMMIT_MESSAGE =~ "chore: Release" ]]; then
   # Retrieve the GH_TOKEN
   GH_TOKEN=$(github_token)
   if [[ -z $GH_TOKEN ]]; then
-    echo "Failed to read Github personal access token" >&2
+    echo "Failed to read GitHub token" >&2
   fi
   # Unset NPM_TOKEN to force it to use the configured ~/.npmrc
   NPM_TOKEN='' GH_TOKEN=$GH_TOKEN \
diff --git a/shell/ci/release/release.sh b/shell/ci/release/release.sh
index 3a4e6e84..91e55cfa 100755
--- a/shell/ci/release/release.sh
+++ b/shell/ci/release/release.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ source "${LIB_DIR}/logging.sh"
 # Retrieve the GH_TOKEN
 GITHUB_TOKEN="$(github_token)"
 if [[ -z $GITHUB_TOKEN ]]; then
-  error "Failed to read GitHub personal access token"
+  error "Failed to read GitHub token"
 fi
 
+run_gh auth setup-git
+
 send_failure_notification() {
   if [[ -z $RELEASE_FAILURE_SLACK_CHANNEL ]]; then
     fatal "Failed to release"