diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5017d8b6..ea9c89c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
+          persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: yarn build
       - run: yarn release
         env:
-          DEBUG: "*"
+          DEBUG: semantic-release:*
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
           YARN_NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}