diff --git a/.github/chainguard/self.read.members.sts.yaml b/.github/chainguard/self.read.members.sts.yaml
index e591e5d32a..ed3973f064 100644
--- a/.github/chainguard/self.read.members.sts.yaml
+++ b/.github/chainguard/self.read.members.sts.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ subject_pattern: "repo:DataDog/libdatadog.*"
 
 claim_pattern:
   ref: "refs/heads/(main|release)"
-  ref_protected: "true"
 
 permissions:
   members: read
diff --git a/.github/chainguard/self.write.pr.sts.yaml b/.github/chainguard/self.write.pr.sts.yaml
index 62711f4aa7..86bbb7ecd0 100644
--- a/.github/chainguard/self.write.pr.sts.yaml
+++ b/.github/chainguard/self.write.pr.sts.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ subject_pattern: "repo:DataDog/libdatadog.*"
 
 claim_pattern:
   ref: "refs/heads/(main|release)"
-  ref_protected: "true"
   job_workflow_ref: DataDog/libdatadog/\.github/workflows/release-proposal-dispatch\.yml@.+
 
 permissions: