diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-selection-evidence.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-selection-evidence.yml
index 4ff46be84d0..0385da6c02e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-selection-evidence.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-selection-evidence.yml
@@ -22,16 +22,22 @@ jobs:
           sparse-checkout: config/scripts/ci-unit-selection-review.mjs
           sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: '24'
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           pattern: unit-shard-node-*-attempt-${{ github.run_attempt }}
           path: unit-evidence/
       - name: Compare selection with full results
         continue-on-error: true
-        run: node config/scripts/ci-unit-selection-review.mjs unit-evidence
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
+        with:
+          github-token: unused
+          script: |
+            const env = { ...process.env }
+            delete env['INPUT_GITHUB-TOKEN']
+            await exec.exec(process.execPath, [
+              'config/scripts/ci-unit-selection-review.mjs',
+              'unit-evidence'
+            ], { env })
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         if: always()
         continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/config/scripts/pr-workflow-parallelism.test.mjs b/config/scripts/pr-workflow-parallelism.test.mjs
index 71a36b8c5e4..8d82ceb9364 100644
--- a/config/scripts/pr-workflow-parallelism.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/pr-workflow-parallelism.test.mjs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 
 const workflow = parse(readFileSync('.github/workflows/pr.yml', 'utf8'))
 const unitTestWorkflow = parse(readFileSync('.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml', 'utf8'))
+const evidenceWorkflow = parse(
+  readFileSync('.github/workflows/unit-selection-evidence.yml', 'utf8')
+)
 
 describe('PR workflow parallelism', () => {
   it('enforces import boundaries in the required static-analysis checks', () => {
@@ -48,10 +51,30 @@ describe('PR workflow parallelism', () => {
     }
     expect(workflow.jobs.verify.needs).not.toContain('unit_selection_evidence')
     expect(unitTestWorkflow.jobs.selection_evidence).toBeUndefined()
-    const evidenceWorkflow = parse(
-      readFileSync('.github/workflows/unit-selection-evidence.yml', 'utf8')
-    )
     const job = evidenceWorkflow.jobs.selection_evidence
     expect(job['continue-on-error']).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  it('runs the advisory CLI without an action credential and preserves failures', async () => {
+    const steps = evidenceWorkflow.jobs.selection_evidence.steps
+    expect(steps.some((step) => step.uses?.startsWith('actions/setup-node@'))).toBe(false)
+    const comparison = steps.find((step) => step.name === 'Compare selection with full results')
+    expect(comparison.uses).toBe('actions/github-script@v8')
+    expect(comparison.with['github-token']).toBe('unused')
+    const env = { 'INPUT_GITHUB-TOKEN': 'test-token', GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY: '/tmp/summary' }
+    const failure = new Error('comparison failed')
+    const result = runInNewContext(`(async () => { ${comparison.with.script} })()`, {
+      process: { env, execPath: '/bundled/node24' },
+      exec: {
+        exec: async (command, args, options) => {
+          expect(command).toBe('/bundled/node24')
+          expect(args).toEqual(['config/scripts/ci-unit-selection-review.mjs', 'unit-evidence'])
+          expect(options.env).toEqual({ GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY: '/tmp/summary' })
+          throw failure
+        }
+      }
+    })
+    await expect(result).rejects.toBe(failure)
+    expect(env['INPUT_GITHUB-TOKEN']).toBe('test-token')
+  })
 })