diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-data.yml b/.github/workflows/update-data.yml
index 3d4f4ad..ee1a73f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-data.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update-data:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout docs-data branch"
         uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r requirements_python.txt
 
-      - name: "Generate, commit and push updated openapi json files to 'docs-data' branch"
+      - name: "Generate openapi json files and commit/push to docs-data branch"
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions
           git config user.email github-action@github.com