diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-agent-helper.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-agent-helper.yml
index 841385e67..e7a759192 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-agent-helper.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-agent-helper.yml
@@ -52,21 +52,13 @@ jobs:
       - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c # v4.2.0
 
       # Publish on push to main / manual dispatch; pull_request runs build-only.
-      - name: generate GitHub App token
-        id: app-token
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3
-        with:
-          app-id: ${{ secrets.DEVSY_GITHUB_APP_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.DEVSY_GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
       - name: log in to ghcr
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
         uses: docker/login-action@abd2ef45e78c5afb21d64d4ca52ee8550d9572c7 # v4.5.1
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}
-          password: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: check tag exists
         id: exists
diff --git a/images/agent-helper/VERSION b/images/agent-helper/VERSION
index 6e8bf73aa..3eefcb9dd 100644
--- a/images/agent-helper/VERSION
+++ b/images/agent-helper/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.0
+1.0.0