diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index a2b41f3ffa..cbadc790f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '37 19 * * 0'
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   analyze:
+    permissions:
+      actions: read  # for github/codeql-action/init to get workflow details
+      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/autobuild to send a status report
     name: Analyze
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate.yml b/.github/workflows/generate.yml
index 2333939453..fed0376d7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ on:
         description: 'The remote kubernetes release branch to fetch openapi spec. .e.g. "release-1.23"'
 
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   generate:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # for Git to git push
+      pull-requests: write  # for repo-sync/pull-request to create pull requests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Java
diff --git a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
index 85b9f369dd..50bf02de5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
       - master
   workflow_dispatch: {}
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   verify:
     name: latest-images