diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a4dcafaee9..98ab6a3dc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 # this is needed to gain access via OIDC to the S3 bucket for caching
 permissions:
   id-token: write
-  contents: read
+  contents: write
 
 env:
   RISC0_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION: test-release-2