diff --git a/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml b/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml
index eeffb3e9..08ccaca2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ jobs:
       project: diffpy.utils
       c_extension: false
       headless: false
+    secrets: inherit