diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2bead31..50208c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches: ["6.1"]
-
-  # temporary to allow running of action
-  pull_request:
-    branches: ["main"]
-  workflow_dispatch:  {}
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -61,6 +57,17 @@ jobs:
           npm_package_name: mongodb-client-encryption
           dry_run: ${{ needs.release_please.outputs.release_created == '' }}
 
+      - name: Set up silk environment
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          SILKBOMB_ENVFILE=/tmp/silkbomb-envfile
+          cat << EOF > $SILKBOMB_ENVFILE
+          SILK_CLIENT_ID=${SILKBOMB_USER}
+          SILK_CLIENT_SECRET=${SILKBOMB_KEY}
+          EOF
+          echo 'SILKBOMB_ENVFILE=$SILKBOMB_ENVFILE' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Copy sbom file to release assets
         shell: bash
         if: ${{ 'mongodb-client-encryption-6.1' == '' }}