diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-squared.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-squared.yml
index 2336e28f08..bdc60ea924 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-squared.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-squared.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
         pkg:
           - r-wos.org/gti
           - github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp  # has platform restrictions
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
     with:
       pkg: ${{ matrix.pkg }}
       dry-run: true