diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-requests-release-manual.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull-requests-release-manual.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 789a0dcf..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-requests-release-manual.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-name: Manual Release
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      tag:
-        description: 'Release tag (e.g. v0.1.3 or v0.1.3-rc1)'
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-jobs:
-  finalize:
-    name: Finalize Release
-    runs-on: [self-hosted]
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-
-    if: |
-      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.ref_name == 'main'
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Create tag on merge commit
-        run: |
-          git tag -f ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.tag }} ${{ github.sha }}
-          git push -f origin ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.tag }}
-
-      - name: Ensure maintenance branch release-X.Y
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT_TEST }}
-          script: |
-            const tag = '${{ inputs.tag }}';  // e.g. v0.1.3 or v0.1.3-rc3
-            const match = tag.match(/^v(\d+)\.(\d+)\.\d+(?:[-\w\.]+)?$/);
-            if (!match) {
-              core.setFailed(`❌ tag '${tag}' must match 'vX.Y.Z' or 'vX.Y.Z-suffix'`);
-              return;
-            }
-            const line = `${match[1]}.${match[2]}`;
-            const branch = `release-${line}`;
-
-            // Get main branch commit for the tag
-            const ref = await github.rest.git.getRef({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo:  context.repo.repo,
-              ref:   `tags/${tag}`
-            });
-
-            const commitSha = ref.data.object.sha;
-
-            try {
-              await github.rest.repos.getBranch({
-                owner: context.repo.owner,
-                repo: context.repo.repo,
-                branch
-              });
-           
-              await github.rest.git.updateRef({
-                owner: context.repo.owner,
-                repo: context.repo.repo,
-                ref: `heads/${branch}`,
-                sha: commitSha,
-                force: true
-              });
-              console.log(`🔁 Force-updated '${branch}' to ${commitSha}`);
-            } catch (err) {
-              if (err.status === 404) {
-                await github.rest.git.createRef({
-                  owner: context.repo.owner,
-                  repo: context.repo.repo,
-                  ref: `refs/heads/${branch}`,
-                  sha: commitSha
-                });
-                console.log(`✅ Created branch '${branch}' at ${commitSha}`);
-              } else {
-                console.error('Unexpected error --', err);
-                core.setFailed(`Unexpected error creating/updating branch: ${err.message}`);
-                throw err;
-              }
-            }
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-requests-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull-requests-release.yaml
index b4ca30d0..5614f893 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-requests-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-requests-release.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Ensure maintenance branch release-X.Y
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
           script: |
             const tag = '${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.tag }}';  // e.g. v0.1.3 or v0.1.3-rc3
             const match = tag.match(/^v(\d+)\.(\d+)\.\d+(?:[-\w\.]+)?$/);