diff --git a/.github/workflows/render_site_from_rmd.yml b/.github/workflows/render_site_from_rmd.yml
index ab44e3c..48df697 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render_site_from_rmd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render_site_from_rmd.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ name: render R Markdown files to docs
 
 # Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  contents: write
   pages: write
   id-token: write