diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-targets.yml b/.github/workflows/build-targets.yml
index acfaf421..9ea92ba0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-targets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-targets.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ name: Cache Sources and build Artifact Libraries per OS
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN_1 }}
 jobs:
   setup-src-cache:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -23,6 +21,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: false
 
+    - name: Authenticate GitHub CLI
+      run: |
+        echo $GH_TOKEN | gh auth login --with-token
+        gh auth status
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: Install GH cli extension actions-cache
         run: |
           gh extension install actions/gh-actions-cache
@@ -33,6 +38,8 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "REPO=${{ github.repository }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "BRANCH=${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Find cache and clean out old caches of `thirdparty`
         id: tp-check