diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 04b3b67..d2798f3 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ env:
   GITEA_HOST: gitea.coolify.vojtkov.dev
   GITEA_OWNER: usr_unknown
 
-# The token Actions injects can read the package registry but not write to
-# it: a publish comes back 401 under both Bearer and Basic. Ask for one that
-# can.
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  packages: write
+  # Publishing to the package registries needs its own token. The one Actions
+  # injects authenticates fine -- it reads the registry and the API as the repo
+  # owner -- but every write comes back 401, under Bearer and Basic alike, and
+  # `permissions: packages: write` does not change that. So PACKAGES_TOKEN is a
+  # repository secret holding an access token with the `write:package` scope.
+  # Everything else here still uses the injected token.
 
 jobs:
   # The plugin binaries. Pulumi resolves them from this release via the
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ jobs:
           args: release --clean --parallelism 1
           workdir: pulumi-dokploy
         env:
+          # goreleaser creates the release and uploads binaries: repository
+          # write, which the injected token already has. Not a package write.
           GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
           GOGC: "50"
 
@@ -98,36 +100,6 @@ jobs:
           # Needed for the tag lookup below.
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      # TEMPORARY: triage for the npm E401 on publish. Prints lengths and
-      # status codes only, never a token value.
-      - name: Triage the publish token
-        env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          echo "token length: ${#TOKEN}"
-          echo -n "GET /api/v1/user           -> "
-          curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' \
-            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/v1/user"
-          echo -n "GET /api/v1/packages/owner -> "
-          curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' \
-            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/v1/packages/${GITEA_OWNER}?limit=1"
-          echo -n "npm registry GET (basic)   -> "
-          curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' \
-            -u "${GITEA_OWNER}:$TOKEN" \
-            "https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/packages/${GITEA_OWNER}/npm/@maxvojtkov%2Fpulumi-dokploy"
-          # A write with a deliberately empty body: 401 means the credentials
-          # were refused, anything else means they were accepted and only the
-          # payload was rejected. That is what separates "wrong token" from
-          # "wrong auth scheme".
-          echo -n "npm PUT (bearer, as npm)   -> "
-          curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' -X PUT \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-            -d '{}' "https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/packages/${GITEA_OWNER}/npm/@maxvojtkov%2Fpulumi-dokploy"
-          echo -n "npm PUT (basic)            -> "
-          curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' -X PUT \
-            -u "${GITEA_OWNER}:$TOKEN" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-            -d '{}' "https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/packages/${GITEA_OWNER}/npm/@maxvojtkov%2Fpulumi-dokploy"
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: ${{ env.UPSTREAM_REPO }}
@@ -176,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish to the Gitea npm registry
         working-directory: pulumi-dokploy/sdk/nodejs/bin
         env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           cat > .npmrc <<EOF
           @maxvojtkov:registry=https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/packages/${GITEA_OWNER}/npm/
@@ -188,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: pulumi-dokploy/sdk/python
         env:
           TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ env.GITEA_OWNER }}
-          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
           python -m build
@@ -199,7 +171,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish to the Gitea NuGet registry
         working-directory: pulumi-dokploy/sdk/dotnet
         env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           dotnet pack --configuration Release --output ./nupkg
           dotnet nuget push ./nupkg/*.nupkg \
@@ -216,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish the Go SDK to the Gitea Go registry
         working-directory: pulumi-dokploy
         env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           MODULE=github.com/maxvojtkov/pulumi-dokploy/sdk