diff --git a/images/macos/scripts/build/install-codeql-bundle.sh b/images/macos/scripts/build/install-codeql-bundle.sh
index 18fb2075b..f1d70a121 100644
--- a/images/macos/scripts/build/install-codeql-bundle.sh
+++ b/images/macos/scripts/build/install-codeql-bundle.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 source ~/utils/utils.sh
 
 # Retrieve the latest major version of the CodeQL Action to use in the base URL for downloading the bundle.
-releases=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/github/codeql-action/releases")
+[ -n "$API_PAT" ] && authString=(-H "Authorization: token ${API_PAT}")
+releases=$(curl "${authString[@]}" -s "https://api.github.com/repos/github/codeql-action/releases")
 
 # Get the release tags starting with v[0-9] and sort them in descending order, then parse the first one to get the major version.
 codeql_action_latest_major_version=$(echo "$releases" |