diff --git a/ci/pipeline.yml b/ci/pipeline.yml
index 5cef7218af..c5273cc612 100644
--- a/ci/pipeline.yml
+++ b/ci/pipeline.yml
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ jobs:
     params:
       RELEASE_TYPE: M
       GITHUB_USERNAME: ((github-username))
-      GITHUB_PASSWORD: ((github-release-notes-access-token))
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ((github-release-notes-access-token))
   - put: github-pre-release
     params:
       name: generated-release-notes/tag
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ jobs:
     params:
       RELEASE_TYPE: RC
       GITHUB_USERNAME: ((github-username))
-      GITHUB_PASSWORD: ((github-release-notes-access-token))
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ((github-release-notes-access-token))
   - put: github-pre-release
     params:
       name: generated-release-notes/tag
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ jobs:
     params:
       RELEASE_TYPE: RELEASE
       GITHUB_USERNAME: ((github-username))
-      GITHUB_PASSWORD: ((github-release-notes-access-token))
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ((github-release-notes-access-token))
   - put: github-release
     params:
       name: generated-release-notes/tag
diff --git a/ci/tasks/generate-release-notes.yml b/ci/tasks/generate-release-notes.yml
index 55fc35eec2..e22c44a710 100755
--- a/ci/tasks/generate-release-notes.yml
+++ b/ci/tasks/generate-release-notes.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ params:
   GITHUB_ORGANIZATION:
   GITHUB_REPO:
   GITHUB_USERNAME:
-  GITHUB_PASSWORD:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN:
   RELEASE_TYPE:
 run:
   path: git-repo/ci/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh