diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 10763209204d..87914a9a45d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ jobs:
                        --base main
 
   update-apidiff-baseline-to-released-version:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # for git push to PR branch
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - release