diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-labels.yaml b/.github/workflows/issue-labels.yaml
index e17d4bf408..dfef7ff149 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-labels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-labels.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
   label-op-response: