diff --git a/dev/archery/archery/crossbow/core.py b/dev/archery/archery/crossbow/core.py
index d5ce6143136..24f68b4c4a6 100644
--- a/dev/archery/archery/crossbow/core.py
+++ b/dev/archery/archery/crossbow/core.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def credentials(self, url, username_from_url, allowed_types):
 
         if (allowed_types &
                 pygit2.credentials.GIT_CREDENTIAL_USERPASS_PLAINTEXT):
-            return pygit2.UserPass(self.token, 'x-oauth-basic')
+            return pygit2.UserPass('x-oauth-basic', self.token)
         else:
             return None