diff --git a/.github/workflows/images-main.yaml b/.github/workflows/images-main.yaml
index 6206c61..f0e0125 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images-main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images-main.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ jobs:
     with:
       environment: dev
       image: prefect-operator-dev
+    # this is required so that the workflow can read secrets rom the environment
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/images-prs.yaml b/.github/workflows/images-prs.yaml
index 0ddac7c..bf96f2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images-prs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images-prs.yaml
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ jobs:
     with:
       environment: dev
       image: prefect-operator-dev
+    # this is required so that the workflow can read secrets rom the environment
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/images-tags.yaml b/.github/workflows/images-tags.yaml
index 62c1d7c..94d6cf0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images-tags.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images-tags.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ jobs:
     with:
       environment: prod
       image: prefect-operator
+    # this is required so that the workflow can read secrets rom the environment
+    secrets: inherit
 
   create_helm_release:
     needs: build_and_push_image_for_tags
@@ -65,6 +67,5 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       # required by downstream jobs
       contents: write
-    # this is required so that the workflow can read secrets
-    # from the environment
+    # this is required so that the workflow can read secrets rom the environment
     secrets: inherit