diff --git a/.github/workflows/imgbot.yml b/.github/workflows/imgbot.yml
index 00a18a80a3d..5247fad8349 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/imgbot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/imgbot.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ on: pull_request
 
 permissions:
   pull-requests: write
+  # The two permissions below are supposedly needed to allow a pull request to be merged.
+  # See https://github.com/cli/cli/discussions/6379
+  issues: write
+  contents: write
 
 jobs:
   approveAndMerge: