diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index daadfd8..92bb6be 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Whether or not to install a wrapper to wrap subsequent calls of the `tofu` binary and expose its STDOUT, STDERR, and exit code as outputs named `stdout`, `stderr`, and `exitcode` respectively. Defaults to `true`.'
     default: 'true'
     required: false
+  github-token:
+    description: The GitHub token used to requests GitHub API
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
+    required: false
 outputs:
   stdout:
     description: 'The STDOUT stream of the call to the `tofu` binary.'
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 6c2709a..044c552 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
  */
 
+// External
+const core = __nccwpck_require__(2186);
+
 class Build {
   constructor (name, url) {
     this.name = name;
@@ -35,14 +38,15 @@ class Release {
  */
 async function fetchReleases () {
   const url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/opentofu/opentofu/releases';
+  const githubToken = core.getInput('github_token');
 
   const headers = {
     Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json',
     'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28'
   };
 
-  if (process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
-    headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`;
+  if (githubToken) {
+    headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${githubToken}`;
   }
 
   const resp = await fetch(url, {
diff --git a/lib/releases.js b/lib/releases.js
index 0947a53..bd59186 100644
--- a/lib/releases.js
+++ b/lib/releases.js
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
  */
 
+// External
+const core = require('@actions/core');
+
 class Build {
   constructor (name, url) {
     this.name = name;
@@ -29,14 +32,15 @@ class Release {
  */
 async function fetchReleases () {
   const url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/opentofu/opentofu/releases';
+  const githubToken = core.getInput('github_token');
 
   const headers = {
     Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json',
     'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28'
   };
 
-  if (process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
-    headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`;
+  if (githubToken) {
+    headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${githubToken}`;
   }
 
   const resp = await fetch(url, {