diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
index 4cbf1556c23..e2251129944 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Release to PyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
+      contents: write
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Download packaged distributions