diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 12c8d8a39..2bcc2cb3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@ on:
     paths:
     - '**/*.py'
     - '**/*.sh'
-    - Dockerfile
+    - Dockerfile*
     - .pre-commit-hooks.yaml
     # Ignore paths
     - '!tests/**'
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   release:
@@ -43,8 +41,4 @@ jobs:
         extra_plugins: |
           @semantic-release/changelog@6.0.0
           @semantic-release/git@10.0.0
-      env:
-        # Custom token for triggering Docker image build GH Workflow on release
-        # created by cycjimmy/semantic-release-action. Events created by
-        # workflows with default GITHUB_TOKEN not trigger other GH Workflow.
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SEMANTIC_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+      # No custom env needed; uses default GITHUB_TOKEN