diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-image-gitea.yml b/.github/workflows/build-image-gitea.yml
index d63e87c..c7ff791 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-image-gitea.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-image-gitea.yml
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Registry login
         if: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.push == 'true' }}
         env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ZEGIT_PACKAGE_TOKEN }}
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ZEGIT_CI_PACKAGE_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           if [ -z "${TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-            echo "::error::ZEGIT_PACKAGE_TOKEN is not set, so this dispatch would build an image and push nothing. Issue a package-write token and store it as this secret."
+            echo "::error::ZEGIT_CI_PACKAGE_TOKEN is not visible to this run. It is the org-scoped package-write token every zegit-zoo image workflow uses (docs: flux-config docs/rotation/forge-secrets.yaml); this repository must be able to read the org secret, and the name must match."
             exit 1
           fi
           mkdir -p "$HOME/.docker"