diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1e4bca7099..ef5c974944 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run installer test
         shell: pwsh
+        env:
+          # pass in ro token just so we can use it for API calls to not get rate limited
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: .\winmake.ps1 installertest $env:PROVIDER
 
       - name: Upload artifacts