diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 93e57b6489e..d51cf16fb0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ on:
   schedule:
   - cron: "30 1 * * *"
 
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   stale:
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/stale@cdf15f641adb27a71842045a94023bef6945e3aa # v3.0.18