diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 8ea0358eda..1940367808 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ on:
         required: true
 
 permissions:
+  # Required to publish a release
+  contents: write
   # Necessary to push docker images to ghcr.io.
   packages: write