diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index c7149a25d..791817579 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ extends:
             workspace:
               clean: all
             steps:
+              - checkout: self
+                persistCredentials: true
+
               # For multiline scripts, we want the whole task to fail if any line of the script fails.
               # ADO doesn't have bash configured this way by default. To fix we override the SHELLOPTS built-in variable.
               # https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html
@@ -54,12 +57,9 @@ extends:
               - script: |
                   git config user.name "Fluent UI Build"
                   git config user.email "fluentui-internal@service.microsoft.com"
-                  git remote set-url origin https://$(githubUser):$(githubPAT)@github.com/microsoft/griffel.git
-                displayName: Authenticate git for pushes
+                displayName: Update details for pushes
 
               - script: |
                   yarn beachball publish -b origin/main --access public -y -n $(npmToken)
                   git reset --hard origin/main
-                env:
-                  GITHUB_PAT: $(githubPAT)
                 displayName: Publish to NPM & bump versions