diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 8ad3e6ddd9..6e41415374 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Close Stale Issues
     if: github.repository == 'huggingface/peft'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
@@ -24,4 +26,4 @@ jobs:
         pip install PyGithub
     - name: Close stale issues
       run: |
-        python scripts/stale.py
\ No newline at end of file
+        python scripts/stale.py