diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index ea726de0..28e9a566 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
 
-permissions:
-  id-token: write
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       release_created:  ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v5
         id: release
@@ -23,6 +22,9 @@ jobs:
     needs: release-please
     if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: read
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v7