diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-precommit.yml b/.github/workflows/check-precommit.yml
index 159250ab..04eb9827 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-precommit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-precommit.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
+          token: ${{ secrets.github-token || github.token }}
 
       - name: Set up Python 🐍
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
@@ -59,6 +60,6 @@ jobs:
         if: always() && inputs.push-fixes == true && steps.precommit.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: actions-js/push@v1.4
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.github-token }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.github-token || github.token }}
           message: "pre-commit: running and fixing..."
           branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c468636..e2d72cfc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - CI: split code checks & enable pre-commit updates (
     [#191](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/191),
-    [#193](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/193)
+    [#193](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/193),
+    [#194](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/194)
 )