diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-awaiting-response.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-awaiting-response.yml
index dfc75e12..bb0b49b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-awaiting-response.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-awaiting-response.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GH_PAT}}
           script: |
             const issue = await github.rest.issues.get({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-closed.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-closed.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80084b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-closed.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: issue closed
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [closed]
+
+jobs:
+  issue-closed:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GH_PAT}}
+          script: |
+            const labels = await github.paginate(
+              github.rest.issues.listLabelsOnIssue, {
+                issue_number: context.issue.number,
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+              }
+            )
+            if (labels.find(label => label.name === 'needs triage')) {
+              github.rest.issues.removeLabel({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                issue_number: context.issue.number,
+                name: 'needs triage'
+              })
+            }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-needs-triage.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-needs-triage.yml
index 8bece02e..a2db1342 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-needs-triage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-needs-triage.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ on:
     types: [opened]
 
 jobs:
-  needs-triage:
+  issue-needs-triage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GH_PAT}}
           script: |
             const labels = await github.paginate(
               github.rest.issues.listLabelsOnIssue, {