diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-freeze.yml b/.github/workflows/release-freeze.yml
index b6f06d2e..8e20519b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-freeze.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-freeze.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,15 @@ on:
         description: Dry-run of code-freeze
         required: false
         default: true
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   code-freeze:
-    uses: NVIDIA-NeMo/FW-CI-templates/.github/workflows/_code_freeze.yml@bfdb5e35067fd8cd91ce21fca4eb1072ffd7ab8c # v1.4.2
+    uses: NVIDIA-NeMo/FW-CI-templates/.github/workflows/_code_freeze.yml@61445a177938967f70c94094b98402e979452151 # github app authentication
     with:
+      app-id: ${{ vars.BOT_ID }}
+      environment-name: public
       library-name: Emerging-Optimizers
       python-package: emerging_optimizers
       release-type: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
@@ -44,5 +49,6 @@ jobs:
       next-pre-release: ""
       next-dev: ""
     secrets:
+      BOT_KEY: ${{ secrets.BOT_KEY }}
       SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_RELEASE_ENDPOINT }}
       SLACK_WEBHOOK_ADMIN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_ADMIN }}