diff --git a/.github/workflows/notice_generation.yml b/.github/workflows/notice_generation.yml
index 58f9a4345b8..fd3dc5b3bd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notice_generation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notice_generation.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 name: generate_notices
 
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
 on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index 4513b92ed9e..123593c8597 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 name: prerelease
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
 on:
   pull_request:
     # closed will be triggered when a pull request is merged. This is to keep https://github.com/firebase/SpecsTesting up to date.