diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 564e234..f3e7dff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         version: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
         zenodo_json: .zenodo.json
         archive: ${{ env.archive }}
+        token: ${{ secrets.ZENODO_TOKEN }}
 
     - name: View Outputs
       env:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbd579e..f3e8552 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run Zenodo Deploy
       uses: rseng/zenodo-release@main
       with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.ZENODO_TOKEN }}
         version: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
         zenodo_json: .zenodo.json
         archive: ${{ env.archive }}
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ If you want to see or do something with the outputs, add an `id` to the deploy s
       id: deploy
       uses: rseng/zenodo-release@main
       with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.ZENODO_TOKEN }}
         version: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
         zenodo_json: .zenodo.json
         archive: ${{ env.archive }}
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 2740bd9..e275d34 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ inputs:
   archive:
     description: the path to the release archive
     required: true
+  token:
+    description: zenodo token
+    required: true
   version:
     description: the release version
     required: true
@@ -50,6 +53,6 @@ runs:
         archive: ${{ inputs.archive }}
         version: ${{ inputs.version }}
         ACTION_PATH: ${{ github.action_path }}
-        ZENODO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ZENODO_TOKEN }}
+        ZENODO_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
       run: python ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/deploy.py upload ${archive} --zenodo-json ${zenodo_json} --version ${version}
       shell: bash