diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c5d9f7b7..6edb5fd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  contents: write # needed for release PR creation
   id-token: write # needed for provenance
 
 jobs: