diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-hacs-data.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-hacs-data.yml
index 89887e1a73c..7d904199daa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-hacs-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-hacs-data.yml
@@ -77,10 +77,17 @@ jobs:
           scripts/install/frontend
           scripts/install/pip_packages --requirement requirements_generate_data.txt
 
+      - name: Generate app token
+        id: token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.DATA_GENERATOR_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.DATA_GENERATOR_APP_PEM }}
+
       - name: Generate ${{ matrix.category }} data
         run: python3 -m scripts.data.generate_category_data ${{ matrix.category }}
         env:
-          DATA_GENERATOR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DATA_GENERATOR_TOKEN }}
+          DATA_GENERATOR_TOKEN: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
           FORCE_REPOSITORY_UPDATE: ${{ inputs.forceRepositoryUpdate }}
 
       - name: Validate output with JQ