diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue_moderator.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_moderator.yml
index c64bbe7424..a53e14963e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue_moderator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue_moderator.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Moderate issues
         uses: keiyoushi/issue-moderator-action@a017be83547db6e107431ce7575f53c1dfa3296a
         with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.ISSUE_MODERATOR_PAT }}
           duplicate-label: Duplicate
 
           blurbs: |