diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f9d8405955..72b64b8433 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -619,8 +619,6 @@ danger:
   only:
     refs:
       - merge_requests
-    variables:
-      - $DANGER_GITLAB_API_TOKEN
 
 checkbashisms:
   <<: *precheck_job
@@ -2012,7 +2010,7 @@ backports:
     GIT_DEPTH: 200
   script:
     # CI job token is not sufficient for push operations
-    - git remote get-url origin | sed -e "s/gitlab-ci-token:$CI_JOB_TOKEN/oauth2:$BACKPORT_GITLAB_API_TOKEN/" | xargs git remote set-url --push origin
+    - git remote get-url origin | sed -e "s/gitlab-ci-token:$CI_JOB_TOKEN/oauth2:$BIND_TEAM_WRITE_TOKEN/" | xargs git remote set-url --push origin
     # force-pushing is disabled so we have to have merge request on top
     - MERGE_REQUEST_ID="$(git log -1 --format='%b' | sed --silent -e 's/^See merge request [^!]\+!//p')"
     - git clone --depth 1 https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9-qa.git
diff --git a/dangerfile.py b/dangerfile.py
index 8c0bc9f9e1..cb04aeb384 100644
--- a/dangerfile.py
+++ b/dangerfile.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ is_full_backport = is_backport and "Backport::Partial" not in mr_labels
 
 gl = gitlab.Gitlab(
     url=f"https://{os.environ['CI_SERVER_HOST']}",
-    private_token=os.environ["DANGER_GITLAB_API_TOKEN"],
+    private_token=os.environ["BIND_TEAM_API_TOKEN"],
 )
 proj = gl.projects.get(os.environ["CI_PROJECT_ID"])
 mr = proj.mergerequests.get(os.environ["CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID"])