diff --git a/lib/get-git-auth-url.js b/lib/get-git-auth-url.js
index f06ba477..b7e8c555 100644
--- a/lib/get-git-auth-url.js
+++ b/lib/get-git-auth-url.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = async ({repositoryUrl, branch}) => {
     const protocol = protocols.includes('https') ? 'https' : protocols.includes('http') ? 'http' : 'https';
 
     // If credentials are set via anvironment variables, convert the URL to http/https and add basic auth, otherwise return `repositoryUrl` as is
-    return gitCredentials ? {...parsed, ...{token: gitCredentials}}.toString(protocol) : repositoryUrl;
+    return gitCredentials ? {...parsed, protocols: [protocol], user: gitCredentials}.toString(protocol) : repositoryUrl;
   }
   return repositoryUrl;
 };