diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/release-qe-tests/jira-notificator/release-qe-tests-jira-notificator-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/release-qe-tests/jira-notificator/release-qe-tests-jira-notificator-commands.sh
index 219e199e18267..01d52938cdaf2 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/release-qe-tests/jira-notificator/release-qe-tests-jira-notificator-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/release-qe-tests/jira-notificator/release-qe-tests-jira-notificator-commands.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ jira_username=$(cat "/var/run/vault/release-tests-token/jira_username")
 export JIRA_USERNAME=$jira_username
 jira_token=$(cat "/var/run/vault/release-tests-token/jira_token")
 export JIRA_TOKEN=$jira_token
-github_token=$(cat "/var/run/vault/release-tests-token/github_token")
-export GITHUB_TOKEN=$github_token
+github_app_reader_id=$(cat "/var/run/vault/release-tests-token/github_app_reader_id")
+export GITHUB_APP_READER_ID=$github_app_reader_id
+github_app_reader_private_key="/var/run/vault/release-tests-token/github_app_reader_private_key"
+export GITHUB_APP_READER_PRIVATE_KEY=$github_app_reader_private_key
 oarctl jira-notificator
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/release-qe-tests/release-qe-tests-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/release-qe-tests/release-qe-tests-commands.sh
index f874c0e216ee4..8bb5a7920df30 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/release-qe-tests/release-qe-tests-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/release-qe-tests/release-qe-tests-commands.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ set -o pipefail
 prow_api_token=$(cat "/var/run/vault/release-tests-token/prow_api_token")
 export APITOKEN=$prow_api_token
 
-github_token=$(cat "/var/run/vault/release-tests-token/github_token")
-export GITHUB_TOKEN=$github_token
+github_app_writer_id=$(cat "/var/run/vault/release-tests-token/github_app_writer_id")
+export GITHUB_APP_WRITER_ID=$github_app_writer_id
+github_app_writer_private_key="/var/run/vault/release-tests-token/github_app_writer_private_key"
+export GITHUB_APP_WRITER_PRIVATE_KEY=$github_app_writer_private_key
 
 release_payload_modifier_token=$(cat /var/run/vault/release-payload-modifier-token/token)
 export RELEASE_PAYLOAD_MODIFIER_TOKEN=$release_payload_modifier_token