diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a28e80f62a..15ae18ed10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ jobs:
 
   stable:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@93ea575cb5d8a053eaa0ac8fa3b40d7e05a33cc8 # pin@v3.1.0
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/tasks.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/tasks.py
index f3e0258053..32c88e42a4 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/tasks.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/tasks.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import re
 import warnings
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -338,7 +339,16 @@ def check_for_updates():
         logger.info("Could not perform 'check_for_updates' - App registry not ready")
         return
 
-    response = requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/inventree/inventree/releases/latest')
+    headers = {}
+
+    # If running within github actions, use authentication token
+    if settings.TESTING:
+        token = os.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN', None)
+
+        if token:
+            headers['Authorization'] = f"Bearer {token}"
+
+    response = requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/inventree/inventree/releases/latest', headers=headers)
 
     if response.status_code != 200:
         raise ValueError(f'Unexpected status code from GitHub API: {response.status_code}')  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/ci/version_check.py b/ci/version_check.py
index 53bec2638d..dee36eb74a 100644
--- a/ci/version_check.py
+++ b/ci/version_check.py
@@ -21,7 +21,16 @@ import requests
 def get_existing_release_tags():
     """Request information on existing releases via the GitHub API"""
 
-    response = requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/inventree/inventree/releases')
+    # Check for github token
+    token = os.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN', None)
+    headers = None
+
+    if token:
+        headers = {
+            "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"
+        }
+
+    response = requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/inventree/inventree/releases', headers=headers)
 
     if response.status_code != 200:
         raise ValueError(f'Unexpected status code from GitHub API: {response.status_code}')