diff --git a/.github/workflows/handle-versioning-accross-branches.yml b/.github/workflows/handle-versioning-accross-branches.yml
index 361e778..552a1e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/handle-versioning-accross-branches.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/handle-versioning-accross-branches.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ on:
   push:
     # todo: add file paths of the files with version numbers
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   extension-versioning:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@eb238b55efaa70779f274895e782ed17c84f2895 # v2.6.1