diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-release-zipfile.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-release-zipfile.yml
index 5909ea2..9d3a6aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-release-zipfile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-release-zipfile.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Github requires checkout for 'uses: ./' (or we could hard write the repository's URL ?)"
         run: |
           git init
+          test -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" && GITHUB_TOKEN="${{ github.token }}"
           MY_AUTHENTICATED_URL="$( echo "$GITHUB_SERVER_URL" | sed "s#^\(https\?://\)#\1$GITHUB_TOKEN\@#" )"
           git remote add origin "$MY_AUTHENTICATED_URL"/"$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
           # Little and optional speed optimization
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 4b0878f..82f5b87 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ runs:
         # Some optional help for debugging.
         set -ex
 
+        # Compatibility layer Forgejo/Gitea vs Github
+        test -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" && GITHUB_TOKEN="${{ github.token }}"
+
         # Compress the input paths into a zip archive
         # (note: busybox' mktemp doesn't have the --suffix option)
         MYUPLOAD="$( mktemp -u ).zip"