diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
index e8b4a3ad..f7283905 100755
--- a/scripts/release
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ twine upload -r pypi dist/borgmatic-*-py3-none-any.whl dist/borgmatic-*-py3-none
 release_changelog="$(cat NEWS | sed '/^$/q' | grep -v '^\S')"
 escaped_release_changelog="$(echo "$release_changelog" | sed -z 's/\n/\\n/g' | sed -z 's/\"/\\"/g')"
 curl --silent --request POST \
-    "https://projects.torsion.org/api/v1/repos/witten/borgmatic/releases?access_token=$projects_token" \
+    "https://projects.torsion.org/api/v1/repos/witten/borgmatic/releases" \
+    --header "Authorization: token $projects_token" \
     --header "Accept: application/json" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --data "{\"body\": \"$escaped_release_changelog\", \"draft\": false, \"name\": \"borgmatic $version\", \"prerelease\": false, \"tag_name\": \"$version\"}"