diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-add-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-add-issues.yml
index de2068a382..0bcfdae74e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-add-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-add-issues.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ on: [issues, pull_request]
 jobs:
   github-actions-automate-projects:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+      repository-projects: write
     steps:
     - name: add-new-issues-to-repository-based-project-column
       uses: docker://takanabe/github-actions-automate-projects:v0.0.1
@@ -11,5 +15,3 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         GITHUB_PROJECT_URL: https://github.com/orgs/pantheon-systems/projects/18/
         GITHUB_PROJECT_COLUMN_NAME: Inbox
-
-