diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-new-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-new-release.yml
index 6f0e075..9168cbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-new-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-new-release.yml
@@ -14,14 +14,10 @@ jobs:
       
     - name: Create Release
       id: create_release
-      uses: actions/create-release@v1
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        draft: false
-        prerelease: false
-        tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-        release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
+      run: |
+        gh release create ${{ github.ref }}
 
     - name: Build for Windows & Linux
       uses: ./.github/workflows/linux-windows-cmake-build.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-windows-cmake-build.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-windows-cmake-build.yml
index 3a55bfb..dc769b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-windows-cmake-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-windows-cmake-build.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Upload Windows DLL Release
       if: ${{ (matrix.os == 'windows-latest') && (inputs.release) }}
       env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         cd ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}/${{ matrix.build_type }}
         Compress-Archive -Path ./libvocoder.dll -Destination ./libvocoder-${{ inputs.release_tag }}-win-x86.zip
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Upload Linux Release DLL
       if: ${{ (matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest') && (inputs.release) }}
       env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         cd ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
         tar -czvf ./libvocoder-${{ inputs.release_tag }}-linux.tar.gz ./libvocoder.so