diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 281459a4..143edce6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ on:
         description: "Admin tools version (1.23.4-tctl-1.0-cli-1.0)"
         required: true
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   create-tag:
     name: "Create a release"