diff --git a/scripts/report-references-to-old-versions.js b/scripts/report-references-to-old-versions.js
index dbc700ae8f..cb72ed3605 100644
--- a/scripts/report-references-to-old-versions.js
+++ b/scripts/report-references-to-old-versions.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ async function findReferencesToEdgeVersionsOlderThanRelease() {
 
 async function createIssue(title, content) {
     // Create a new issue.
-    const octokit = github.getOctokit(github.token);
+    const octokit = github.getOctokit(process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN);
 
     const {data: issue} = await octokit.rest.issues.create({
         owner: "MicrosoftDocs",
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ findReferencesToEdgeVersionsOlderThanRelease().then(matches => {
     console.log('Outdated Edge version references found:');
     console.log(report);
 
+    if (!process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
+        console.log('No GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable found, skipping issue creation.');
+        return;
+    }
+
     return createIssue('Outdated Edge version references found', report).then(issue => {
         console.log(`Created issue ${issue.number} at ${issue.html_url}`);
     });