diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e2f2be4bf..a71300641 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
   issues: write
 
+# These are recommended by the semantic-release docs: https://github.com/semantic-release/npm#npm-provenance
+permissions:
+    contents: write # to be able to publish a GitHub release
+    issues: write # to be able to comment on released issues
+    pull-requests: write # to be able to comment on released pull requests
+    id-token: write # to enable use of OIDC for npm provenance
+
 jobs:
   release:
     name: release
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index efbe66c28..94055f540 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "version": "0.0.0-development",
   "type": "module",
   "publishConfig": {
-    "access": "public"
+    "access": "public",
+    "provenance": true
   },
   "description": "Send parameterized requests to GitHub's APIs with sensible defaults in browsers and Node",
   "scripts": {