diff --git a/.evergreen/release-danger-do-not-run-manually.sh b/.evergreen/release-danger-do-not-run-manually.sh
index ca40a9f8..9e443d68 100644
--- a/.evergreen/release-danger-do-not-run-manually.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/release-danger-do-not-run-manually.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ if [[ -z "$TAG" ]]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ -z "$TOKEN" ]]; then
-	>&2 echo "\$TOKEN must be set to the crates.io authentication token"
+if [[ -z "$CRATES_IO_TOKEN" ]]; then
+	>&2 echo "\$CRATES_IO_TOKEN must be set to the crates.io authentication token"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ git checkout $TAG
 
 . ~/.cargo/env
 
-cargo publish --token $TOKEN
+cargo publish --token $CRATES_IO_TOKEN
diff --git a/.evergreen/releases.yml b/.evergreen/releases.yml
index 4579d330..7381a2fe 100644
--- a/.evergreen/releases.yml
+++ b/.evergreen/releases.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ functions:
       type: test
       params:
         working_dir: "src"
+        include_expansions_in_env:
+          - CRATES_IO_TOKEN
         script: |
           set +x
 
           TAG=${GIT_TAG}           \
-          TOKEN=${CRATES_IO_TOKEN} \
             bash .evergreen/release-danger-do-not-run-manually.sh
 
 tasks: