diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_oxlint.yml b/.github/workflows/release_oxlint.yml
index 21c8f55e5eed3..88f5011b4badd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_oxlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_oxlint.yml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # for changelog
-          persist-credentials: false
+          persist-credentials: true # for git operations in `cargo release-oxc`
 
       - uses: oxc-project/setup-rust@cd82e1efec7fef815e2c23d296756f31c7cdc03d # v1.0.0
         with: