diff --git a/.github/workflows/congrats.yml b/.github/workflows/congrats.yml
index a5ca37bcf137656bb72bdc651bf75ff534f94611..efd9812d8070f48fb64c78440a9e1c934ee8cbde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/congrats.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/congrats.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         id: check
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.CONGRATSBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
             const { data: prs } = await github.rest.repos.listPullRequestsAssociatedWithCommit({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
@@ -53,14 +53,5 @@ jobs:
     uses: withastro/automation/.github/workflows/congratsbot.yml@main
     with:
       EMOJIS: 🎉,🎊,🧑‍🚀,🥳,🙌,🚀,🦀,🔥,🚢
-      COAUTHOR_TEMPLATES: >
-        [
-          "Thank you for making Zed better, <names>! In Rust we trust!",
-          "Successfully moved this PR into main! No lifetime errors here, thanks <names>!",
-          "Ferris approves! Thanks <names>!",
-          "Crab rave time! Code from <names> has been oxidized and merged!",
-          "The borrow checker is happy, and so are we! Welcome to the cargo club, <names>!",
-          "Crabs can live up to 100 years, but this PR from <names> will live forever in our git history!"
-        ]
     secrets:
       DISCORD_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_CONGRATS }}