diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 3dd59da..c9b4c5a 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ inputs:
     default: "${{ github.sha }}"
   TOKEN:
     description: "The GitHub access token to allow us to retrieve, create and update issues (automatically set)"
-    required: true
+    required: false
+    default: "${{ github.token }}"
   LABEL:
     description: "The label that will be used to identify TODO comments (deprecated)"
     required: false