diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 6f2e61cd..d38379cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -27,25 +27,15 @@ jobs:
       tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
 
     steps:
-      - name: Generate GitHub App Token
-        id: app-token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
-        with:
-          app-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          # Listing permissions limits the token to these. workflows is needed
-          # to tag a release whose commits change .github/workflows/; if the
-          # app lacks it, token creation fails here with that permission named.
-          permission-contents: write
-          permission-issues: write
-          permission-pull-requests: write
-          permission-workflows: write
-
       - name: Run Release Please
         uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
-          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          # The built-in token, as runpod-python uses. The release app lacks the
+          # workflows permission #399 requested, so its token can't be created.
+          # The workflow-level permissions grant contents, pull-requests and
+          # issues write.
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   pypi-publish:
     name: PyPI Publish