diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-release-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/make-release-commit.yml
index 9fe2f59c..e4202a49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-release-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-release-commit.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install bump2version
           bumpversion --verbose ${{ inputs.part }}
-          git push
+      - name: Push new version and tag
+        if: ${{ inputs.dry_run }} == "false"
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          branch: main
+          tags: true
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/update_package_lock
+        if: ${{ inputs.dry_run }} == "false"
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index b9977629..77c2f360 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -178,3 +178,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/update_package_lock
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_package_lock/action.yml b/.github/workflows/update_package_lock/action.yml
index b931d99a..132eaddf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_package_lock/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_package_lock/action.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: update_package_lock
 description: "Update node's package.lock"
 
+inputs:
+  github_token:
+    required: true
+    description: "github token for the repo"
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -18,5 +23,11 @@ runs:
         npm install
         git add package-lock.json
         git commit -m "Updating package-lock.json"
-        git push
       shell: bash
+    - name: Push changes
+      if: ${{ inputs.dry_run }} == "false"
+      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+      with:
+        github_token: ${{ inputs.github_token }}
+        branch: main
+        tags: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_package_lock_run.yml b/.github/workflows/update_package_lock_run.yml
index 04bce285..ff8fdce2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_package_lock_run.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_package_lock_run.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/update_package_lock
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_RELEASE_TOKEN }}