diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_team_membership.sh b/.github/scripts/check_team_membership.sh
index 51c958d4..6af1f506 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/check_team_membership.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_team_membership.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -x
+
 USER=$1
-TOKEN=$2
 
-response=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "https://api.github.com/orgs/immutable/teams/sdk/memberships/$USER")
+response=$(gh api \
+  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+  "/orgs/immutable/teams/sdk/memberships/${USER}")
+
+echo "$response"
 
-if echo "$response" | grep -q '"state": "active"'; then
-  echo "true"
+if echo "$response" | grep -q '"state":"active"'; then
+  IS_MEMBER=true
 else
-  echo "false"
+  IS_MEMBER=false
 fi
+echo "$IS_MEMBER"
+
+# Set the environment variable for the GitHub workflow
+echo "IS_MEMBER=$IS_MEMBER" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-version.yml b/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
index 1f8d501f..d841e87d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
@@ -11,19 +11,24 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.UNITY_IMMUTABLE_SDK_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
     - name: Check team membership
       id: check_team
       run: |
-        IS_MEMBER=$(./.github/scripts/check_team_membership.sh "${{ github.actor }}" "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}")
+        ./.github/scripts/check_team_membership.sh "${{ github.actor }}" "${{ secrets.UNITY_IMMUTABLE_SDK_GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+        # shellcheck disable=SC1090
+        source "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "${{ github.actor }} is a member of the SDK team: $IS_MEMBER"
         if [[ "$IS_MEMBER" != "true" ]]; then
           echo "Not a member of the SDK team, skipping update"
           exit 1
         fi
 
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
@@ -54,4 +59,4 @@ jobs:
         body: "Update version in package.json"
         branch: "release/update-version"
         commit-message: "release: update version"
-        labels: release
\ No newline at end of file
+        labels: release