diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
index af9725ba09..95e64606c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ on:
         description: 'Release Version Number (Eg, v1.0.0-rc1)'
         required: true
 
+# Workflow permissions block
+permissions:
+  contents: write # This grants write access to repository content, including pushing commits/tags and creating releases.
+
 jobs:
   tag-commit:
     name: Tag commit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bf816e2b0d..08a040035b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ on:
         description: 'Release Version Number (Eg, v1.0.0)'
         required: true
 
+# Workflow permissions block
+permissions:
+  contents: write # This grants write access to repository content, including pushing commits/tags and creating releases.
+
 jobs:
   tag-commit:
     name: Tag commit