diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index acb7b7f418275848d0a488d406c430f6db2a9a7c..da9baa5e5c5b748747c06daba0f616a3b3f042b4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Autobranch:
           local worktree=$(mktemp -d --suffix "${branch}-repo")
           local patch=$(mktemp --suffix "$branch.patch")
 
-          lisa-combine-gitlab-mr --server "$CI_SERVER_HOST" --repo "$CI_PROJECT_PATH" --project-id "$CI_PROJECT_ID" --api-url "$CI_API_V4_URL" --mr-label "$label" --branch "$force_branch" &&
+          lisa-combine-gitlab-mr --server "$CI_SERVER_HOST" --repo "$CI_PROJECT_PATH" --project-id "$CI_PROJECT_ID" --api-url "$CI_API_V4_URL" --api-token "$GITLAB_REPO_TOKEN" --mr-label "$label" --branch "$force_branch" &&
 
           git fetch origin "$branch" &&