diff --git a/config/platform-infra/gitea.yaml b/config/platform-infra/gitea.yaml
index 25e15eba..6d6c1f72 100644
--- a/config/platform-infra/gitea.yaml
+++ b/config/platform-infra/gitea.yaml
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ sourceAuthority:
             secretRef:
               namespace: devops-infra
               name: gitea-github-sync-secrets
-              key: github-token-pikainc-pikaoa
+              key: github-token-pikainc-pikaoa-release
       upstream:
         repository: pikainc/pikaoa
         cloneUrl: https://github.com/pikainc/pikaoa.git
diff --git a/scripts/src/platform-infra-gitea-config.test.ts b/scripts/src/platform-infra-gitea-config.test.ts
index be9f6171..bce72fc8 100644
--- a/scripts/src/platform-infra-gitea-config.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/platform-infra-gitea-config.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@ describe("platform-infra Gitea repository GitHub credentials", () => {
       .not.toBe(githubTokenEnvNameForSecretKey(globalCredential.gitFetchCredential.secretRef.key));
   });
 
+  test("keeps PikaOA master and release authorities on distinct Secret keys", () => {
+    const config = readGiteaConfig();
+    const testAuthority = config.sourceAuthority.repositories.find((repo) => repo.key === "pikaoa-test-nc01");
+    const productionAuthority = config.sourceAuthority.repositories.find((repo) => repo.key === "pikaoa-nc01");
+    const testKey = testAuthority?.credentialOverride?.github.gitFetchCredential.secretRef.key;
+    const productionKey = productionAuthority?.credentialOverride?.github.gitFetchCredential.secretRef.key;
+
+    expect(testAuthority?.upstream.branch).toBe("master");
+    expect(productionAuthority?.upstream.branch).toBe("release");
+    expect(testKey).toBe("github-token-pikainc-pikaoa");
+    expect(productionKey).toBe("github-token-pikainc-pikaoa-release");
+    expect(productionKey).not.toBe(testKey);
+    expect(githubTokenEnvNameForSecretKey(productionKey ?? ""))
+      .not.toBe(githubTokenEnvNameForSecretKey(testKey ?? ""));
+  });
+
   test("normalizes Secret keys to bounded environment variable names", () => {
     expect(githubTokenEnvNameForSecretKey("github-token-pikainc-selfmedia"))
       .toBe("UNIDESK_GITEA_GITHUB_TOKEN_GITHUB_TOKEN_PIKAINC_SELFMEDIA");