diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/action.yml b/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/action.yml
index 91e661d0476..e29d2b2aeeb 100644
--- a/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/action.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ inputs:
   serviceKey:
     description: 'The service key used for firebase deployments.'
     required: true
+  githubReleaseTrainReadToken:
+    description: 'GitHub access token for reading release trains without rate limits.'
+    required: true
   configPath:
     description: 'The path to the firebase config file.'
     required: true
diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/credential.ts b/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/credential.ts
index 69535c7cc0a..177f4cd0a97 100644
--- a/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/credential.ts
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/credential.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,8 @@ export function getCredentialFilePath(): string {
   }
   return credentialFilePath;
 }
+
+/** Github access token. Used for querying the active release trains. */
+export const githubReleaseTrainReadToken: string = getInput('githubReleaseTrainReadToken', {
+  required: true,
+});
diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/deployments.ts b/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/deployments.ts
index 0686800a72b..2690ca34726 100644
--- a/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/deployments.ts
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/deployments.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {fetchLongTermSupportBranchesFromNpm, ActiveReleaseTrains} from '@angular/ng-dev';
 import {ReleaseConfig} from '@angular/ng-dev';
-import {GitClient} from '@angular/ng-dev';
+import {AuthenticatedGitClient} from '@angular/ng-dev';
 
 export interface Deployment {
   branch: string;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface Deployment {
 export type Deployments = Map<string, Deployment>;
 
 export async function getDeployments(): Promise<Deployments> {
-  const {github} = await GitClient.get();
+  const {github} = await AuthenticatedGitClient.get();
   const releaseTrains = await ActiveReleaseTrains.fetch({
     api: github,
     name: 'angular',
diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/main.ts b/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/main.ts
index 498fa7ed227..250cbe05ea2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/main.ts
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/lib/main.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import {getInput, setFailed} from '@actions/core';
 import {context} from '@actions/github';
 import {deployToFirebase, setupRedirect} from './deploy';
 import {getDeployments} from './deployments';
-import {GithubConfig, setConfig} from '@angular/ng-dev';
+import {AuthenticatedGitClient, GithubConfig, setConfig} from '@angular/ng-dev';
+import {githubReleaseTrainReadToken} from './credential';
 
 const refMatcher = /refs\/heads\/(.*)/;
 
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ async function deployDocs() {
       owner: 'angular',
     },
   });
+
+  AuthenticatedGitClient.configure(githubReleaseTrainReadToken);
+
   if (context.eventName !== 'push') {
     throw Error();
   }
diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/main.js b/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/main.js
index acc33ef171b..bf4298a1a82 100644
--- a/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/main.js
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy-docs-site/main.js
@@ -11344,6 +11344,9 @@ function getCredentialFilePath() {
   }
   return credentialFilePath;
 }
+var githubReleaseTrainReadToken = (0, import_core.getInput)("githubReleaseTrainReadToken", {
+  required: true
+});
 
 // 
 async function deployToFirebase(deployment, configPath, distDirPath) {
@@ -12977,7 +12980,7 @@ AuthenticatedGitClient._authenticatedInstance = null;
 
 // 
 async function getDeployments() {
-  const { github } = await GitClient.get();
+  const { github } = await AuthenticatedGitClient.get();
   const releaseTrains = await ActiveReleaseTrains.fetch({
     api: github,
     name: "angular",
@@ -13033,6 +13036,7 @@ async function deployDocs() {
       owner: "angular"
     }
   });
+  AuthenticatedGitClient.configure(githubReleaseTrainReadToken);
   if (import_github3.context.eventName !== "push") {
     throw Error();
   }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4a2185f591b..fb0dbee5d9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -197,5 +197,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-docs-site
         with:
           serviceKey: ${{ secrets.ANGULAR_DEV_SITE_DEPLOY }}
+          githubReleaseTrainReadToken: ${{ secrets.DOCS_DEPLOY_GITHUB_RELEASE_TRAIN_TOKEN }}
           configPath: 'adev/firebase.json'
           distDir: 'dist/bin/adev/build/browser'