diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-actions.md b/.github/workflows/release-actions.md
index 2dbb5df..e796cc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-actions.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-actions.md
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
     tags: ["*"]
 
+permissions:
+  actions: write
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/release-actions.yml
index ba7eade..1ea821b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-actions.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ on:
         description: "GitHub App private key to generate GitHub token in place of github-token. See https://github.com/actions/create-github-app-token"
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  actions: write
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
   prepare-release: