diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build-aleph-node.yml b/.github/workflows/_build-aleph-node.yml
index 3ed9f46a7b..6b541c5f97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_build-aleph-node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build-aleph-node.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ on:
         type: string
         required: false
         default: ''
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal access token (PAT) used to fetch the repository.'
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ''
     outputs:
       artifact-name-binary:
         description: 'Name of artifact aleph-node binary'
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
           repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
           fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ inputs.token }}
 
       - name: Call action get-ref-properties
         id: get-ref-properties
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-normal-session-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-normal-session-e2e-tests.yml
index c8300f33f3..d27a6475d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-normal-session-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-normal-session-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       repository: Cardinal-Cryptography/aleph-node-flooder
       production: false
       additional-flags: "--features network_flooding_test"
+      token: ${{ secrets.CI_GH_TOKEN }}
 
   build-chain-bootstrapper-production:
     name: Build chain-bootstrapper
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ jobs:
             --testcase test_major_sync
 
   run-network-flooding-test:
+    secrets: inherit
     needs:
       - build-production-aleph-node
       - build-aleph-node-with-network-flooding-test