diff --git a/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml b/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml
index 7b0e5a79985..52218b6c5db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Push to branch
         run: |
           set -xue # print commands
-          # Enable gh executable.
-          export GH_TOKEN="${{ secrets.AZTEC_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          # Enable gh executable. We spread out the API requests between the github actions bot token, and aztecbot
+          export GH_TOKEN="${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           SUBREPO_PATH=noir
           BRANCH=aztec2-packages
           # identify ourselves, needed to commit
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ jobs:
           $MESSAGE
           END_COMMIT_OVERRIDE"""
           PR_URL=$(gh pr list --repo noir-lang/noir --head aztec2-packages --json url --jq ".[0].url")
+          # for cross-creating the PR in noir, we use aztecbot's token
+          export GH_TOKEN=$${{ secrets.AZTEC_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           if [[ "$PR_URL" == "" ]]; then
             gh pr create --repo noir-lang/noir --title "feat: Sync from aztec-packages" --body "$PR_BODY" --base master --head aztec2-packages
           else
             gh pr edit "$PR_URL" --body "$PR_BODY"
-          fi
\ No newline at end of file
+          fi