diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 68c2bc9b..fbb5c564 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -147,9 +147,19 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
+      - name: Generate a token
+        # if: steps.get_next_version.outputs.hasNextVersion == 'true'
+        id: generate_token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@31c86eb3b33c9b601a1f60f98dcbfd1d70f379b4 # v1.10.3
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+
       - name: Clone repository
         uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
         with:
+          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Install tools
@@ -166,14 +176,6 @@ jobs:
           echo ${{ steps.get_next_version.outputs.version }}
           echo ${{ steps.get_next_version.outputs.hasNextVersion }}
 
-      - name: Generate a token
-        if: steps.get_next_version.outputs.hasNextVersion == 'true'
-        id: generate_token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@31c86eb3b33c9b601a1f60f98dcbfd1d70f379b4 # v1.10.3
-        with:
-          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
 
       - name: Get GitHub App User ID
         id: get-user-id
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
           set -eo pipefail
           git config --global user.name '${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]'
           git config --global user.email '${{ steps.get-user-id.outputs.user-id }}+${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-          gh auth login --hostname github.com --git-protocol https --with-token <<< "${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}"
+          # gh auth login --hostname github.com --git-protocol https --with-token <<< "${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}"
           yq -i '.module-sets.liatrio-otel.version = "${{ steps.get_next_version.outputs.version }}"' versions.yaml
           git add .
           git commit -m "chore: run multimod to update versions ahead of release(version ${{ steps.get_next_version.outputs.version }})"