diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 911a103728..3b3f5270ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: butlerlogic/action-autotag@stable
         id: tagger
         with:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-          tag_prefix: "v"
+          tag_prefix: v
+          root: /packages/core
       - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         if: ${{ steps.tagger.outputs.tagname != '' }}
         with: