diff --git a/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-cleanup.yml
index 3439952315..01e28bc738 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-cleanup.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           node scripts/wai-trigger-cleanup.js
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.W3CGRUNTBOT_TOKEN }}
           OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
           # reference github.event.ref for branch deletion
           APG_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.ref }}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           node scripts/wai-trigger-cleanup.js
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.W3CGRUNTBOT_TOKEN }}
           OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
           # reference github.head_ref for pull request
           APG_BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-deploy.yml
index 2ac561b269..d3aadc0328 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-deploy.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Trigger wai-aria-practices update
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.W3CGRUNTBOT_TOKEN }}
           script: |
             await github.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-pr.yml
index a58116eb85..29129f6dee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wai-trigger-pr.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           APG_PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           FORK_PATH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
         with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.W3CGRUNTBOT_TOKEN }}
           script: |
             await github.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
               owner: context.repo.owner,