diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 8d038d8..214b3c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ jobs:
     needs: release-please
     if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.prs_created == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # Needed to push rockspec updates to the release PR branch
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Update launchdarkly-server-sdk rockspec