diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ea28b8f..667b8f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    permissions:
+      # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing to pypi
+      id-token: write
     needs: release-please
     if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
     container:
@@ -76,5 +80,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish a Python distribution to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}