diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-urls.yml b/.github/workflows/update-urls.yml
index df34230c0..0b5299e8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-urls.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-urls.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 25
           distribution: 'temurin'
           cache: 'maven'
-      - name: Build and run url updater
+      - name: Build url updater
         run: |
           mvn -B -ntp -Dstyle.color=always -pl url-updater -am install
+        env:
+          GHA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GHA_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Run url updater
+        run: |
           mvn -B -ntp -Dstyle.color=always -pl url-updater exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.devonfw.tools.ide.url.UpdateInitiator" -Dexec.args="ide-urls PT5H30M"
         env:
           GHA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GHA_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 918ac0f87..b8182d5a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This file documents all notable changes to https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy[IDE
 
 Release with new features and bugfixes:
 
+* https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/2127[2127]: Split build and run url updater step into separate build and run steps
 
 The full list of changes for this release can be found in https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/milestone/47?closed=1[milestone 2026.07.002].