diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-release-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/python-release-docs.yml
index f893f9798c..a7c1601307 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-release-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-release-docs.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./mkdocs
         run: mv ./site /tmp/site
       - name: Push changes to gh-pages branch
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           git checkout --orphan gh-pages-tmp
           git rm --quiet -rf .
@@ -58,4 +60,4 @@ jobs:
           echo "py.iceberg.apache.org" > CNAME
           git add --all
           git commit -m 'Publish Python docs'
-          git push -f origin gh-pages-tmp:gh-pages || true
+          git push -f "https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" gh-pages-tmp:gh-pages