diff --git a/acceptance/acceptance_test.go b/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
index d27cea9cbc2..d9783615d64 100644
--- a/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
+++ b/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
@@ -1504,7 +1504,13 @@ func resolveLatestVersion(t *testing.T, buildDir string) string {
 	}
 
 	const url = "https://api.github.com/repos/databricks/cli/releases/latest"
-	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(), http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	// Unauthenticated requests from shared CI runner IPs hit the GitHub API rate limit.
+	if token := os.Getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN"); token != "" {
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
+	}
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode, "failed to fetch %s: %s", url, resp.Status)