diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0de1666..4254d3e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ for [Creating a workflow file](https://help.github.com/en/articles/configuring-a
 ### Inputs
 
 - `paths` - [**required**] Comma separated paths of the generated jacoco xml files (supports wildcard glob pattern)
-- `token` - [**required**] Github personal token to add commits to Pull Request
+- `token` - [*optional* {default: github.token}] Github personal token to add commits to Pull Request
 - `min-coverage-overall` - [*optional* {default: 80%}] The minimum code coverage that is required to pass for overall project
 - `min-coverage-changed-files` - [*optional* {default: 80%}] The minimum code coverage that is required to pass for changed files
 - `update-comment` - [*optional* {default: false}] If true, updates the previous coverage report comment instead of creating new one.
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 76c1691..1681518 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ inputs:
     required: true
   token:
     description: 'Github personal token to add commits to Pull Request'
-    required: true
+    required: false
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
   min-coverage-overall:
     description: 'The minimum code coverage that is required to pass for overall project'
     required: false