diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 581d13225c4..aa45f5d894d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   golangci:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      pull-requests: read  # for golangci/golangci-lint-action to fetch pull requests
     name: lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: