diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index 2118cf4595eb..b3c27e2c99c2 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ steps:
       - "docker push vllm/vllm-tpu:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
     plugins:
       - docker-login#v3.0.0:
-          username: vllm
+          username: vllmbot
           password-env: DOCKERHUB_TOKEN
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"