diff --git a/.github/workflows/spam-comment-detection.yaml b/.github/workflows/spam-comment-detection.yaml
index 04c2912a1..e44f106c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spam-comment-detection.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spam-comment-detection.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
   issue_comment:
     types: [created, edited]
 
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+
 jobs:
   detect-spam:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest