diff --git a/.github/prompts/similar_issues.prompt.yml b/.github/prompts/similar_issues.prompt.yml
index 90baf4ffb..d9c130a63 100644
--- a/.github/prompts/similar_issues.prompt.yml
+++ b/.github/prompts/similar_issues.prompt.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ messages:
       Title: {{issue_title}}
       Body:
       {{issue_body}}
-model: custom/openai/gpt-5
+model: openai/gpt-4.1-mini
 responseFormat: json_schema
 jsonSchema: |-
   {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/similar-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/similar-issues.yml
index 21fb3ab01..f00061264 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/similar-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/similar-issues.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
             issue_body: ${{ steps.prepare_input.outputs.issue_body_indented_json }}
             repository: ${{ github.repository }}
           enable-github-mcp: true
-          token: ${{ secrets.USER_PAT }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           github-mcp-token: ${{ secrets.USER_PAT }}
           endpoint: https://models.github.ai/orgs/RSSNext/inference