diff --git a/annif/cli.py b/annif/cli.py
index f11b019c..1f007073 100644
--- a/annif/cli.py
+++ b/annif/cli.py
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ def run_upload(
 
     fobjs, operations = [], []
     try:
-        fobjs, operations = hfh_util.prepare_commits(projects, repo_id)
+        fobjs, operations = hfh_util.prepare_commits(projects, repo_id, token)
         api = HfApi()
         api.create_commit(
             repo_id=repo_id,
diff --git a/annif/hfh_util.py b/annif/hfh_util.py
index 7249bd82..67015373 100644
--- a/annif/hfh_util.py
+++ b/annif/hfh_util.py
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ def get_matching_projects(pattern: str) -> list[AnnifProject]:
     ]
 
 
-def prepare_commits(projects: list[AnnifProject], repo_id: str) -> tuple[list, list]:
+def prepare_commits(
+    projects: list[AnnifProject], repo_id: str, token: str
+) -> tuple[list, list]:
     """Prepare and pre-upload data and config commit operations for projects to a
     Hugging Face Hub repository."""
     from huggingface_hub import preupload_lfs_files
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ def prepare_commits(projects: list[AnnifProject], repo_id: str) -> tuple[list, l
 
     for data_dir in all_dirs:
         fobj, operation = _prepare_datadir_commit(data_dir)
-        preupload_lfs_files(repo_id, additions=[operation])
+        preupload_lfs_files(repo_id, additions=[operation], token=token)
         fobjs.append(fobj)
         operations.append(operation)