diff --git a/.github/workflows/greetings.yml b/.github/workflows/greetings.yml
index bdde1cca7b..9a3b585e28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/greetings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/greetings.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on: [pull_request, issues]
 jobs:
   greeting:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
     - uses: actions/first-interaction@v1
       with: