diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 35d10d0..ab6da0a 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ steps:
   - name: release
     image: marcoieni/release-plz:0.3.16
     commands:
-      - release-plz release-pr --token $GITEA_TOKEN --backend gitea
+      - release-plz release-pr --git-token $GITEA_TOKEN --backend gitea
     environments:
       GITEA_TOKEN:
         from_secret: gitea_token