diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_openapi_schemas.yml b/.github/workflows/generate_openapi_schemas.yml
index 682496b6a7a4..772d80afad90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_openapi_schemas.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_openapi_schemas.yml
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Open pull request if schemas changed
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5f6978faf089d4d20b00c7766989d076bb2fc7f1 # v8
         with:
+          # The default GITHUB_TOKEN is scoped to this repository and cannot
+          # resolve org teams, so requesting team-reviewers with it fails this
+          # step after the PR is already open; PRs it opens also start no CI.
+          # upgrade-python-requirements.yml uses the requirements bot token for
+          # the same reason. Forks have no such secret and fall back to the
+          # default token.
+          token: ${{ secrets.REQUIREMENTS_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN || github.token }}
           branch: chore/update-openapi-schemas
           # Without a suffix, a run that happens while the previous PR is
           # still open pushes onto that same branch. Matches