diff --git a/.github/workflows/android-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/android-release.yaml
index 7a00b66926..eca9e6f083 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android-release.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 100 # enough to get all commits for the current day
           ref: 'refs/tags/${{ needs.tag.outputs.tag }}'
+          ssh-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_SSH_KEY }}
 
       - name: Check tag
         shell: bash