diff --git a/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet b/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet
index 5b179b3006d8f..72fdbfd5dc17e 100644
--- a/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet
+++ b/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ local imagePrefix = 'grafana';
       imagePrefix='grafana',
       releaseLibRef=releaseLibRef,
       releaseRepo='grafana/loki',
-      useGitHubAppToken=false,
+      useGitHubAppToken=true,
     ), false, false
   ),
   'check.yml': std.manifestYamlDoc({
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9a87b37917757..1628a0b57dfb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ env:
   PUBLISH_TO_GCS: false
   RELEASE_LIB_REF: "main"
   RELEASE_REPO: "grafana/loki"
-  USE_GITHUB_APP_TOKEN: false
+  USE_GITHUB_APP_TOKEN: true
 jobs:
   createRelease:
     if: "${{ fromJSON(needs.shouldRelease.outputs.shouldRelease) }}"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd1eb0217486c..bacc4bb9a429a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -915,5 +915,5 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_IN_CONTAINER),true)
 else
 	@$(MAKE) release-workflows
 	@echo "Checking diff"
-	@git diff --exit-code -- ".github/workflows/*release*" || (echo "Please build release workflows by running 'make release-workflows'" && false)
+	@git diff --exit-code --ignore-space-at-eol -- ".github/workflows/*release*" || (echo "Please build release workflows by running 'make release-workflows'" && false)
 endif