diff --git a/applicationset/services/pull_request/github.go b/applicationset/services/pull_request/github.go
index 8b962a95716e6..79b128b3b1d1e 100644
--- a/applicationset/services/pull_request/github.go
+++ b/applicationset/services/pull_request/github.go
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ func NewGithubService(token, url, owner, repo string, labels []string, optionalH
 		}
 	} else {
 		var err error
-		client, err = github.NewClient(httpClient).WithEnterpriseURLs(url, url)
+		if token == "" {
+			client, err = github.NewClient(httpClient).WithEnterpriseURLs(url, url)
+		} else {
+			client, err = github.NewClient(httpClient).WithAuthToken(token).WithEnterpriseURLs(url, url)
+		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/applicationset/services/scm_provider/github.go b/applicationset/services/scm_provider/github.go
index 218daa97bba44..6684269a60313 100644
--- a/applicationset/services/scm_provider/github.go
+++ b/applicationset/services/scm_provider/github.go
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ func NewGithubProvider(organization string, token string, url string, allBranche
 		}
 	} else {
 		var err error
-		client, err = github.NewClient(httpClient).WithEnterpriseURLs(url, url)
+		if token == "" {
+			client, err = github.NewClient(httpClient).WithEnterpriseURLs(url, url)
+		} else {
+			client, err = github.NewClient(httpClient).WithAuthToken(token).WithEnterpriseURLs(url, url)
+		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}