diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev.yml b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
index 3a0c4936c..f4fbb831e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-dev-build') }}
     name: Prepare build
     runs-on: [ "ubuntu-20.04" ]
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: read
     outputs:
       version_main: ${{ steps.version_main.outputs.version_main }}
       version_dev: ${{ steps.version_dev.outputs.version_dev }}${{ steps.version_pr.outputs.version_pr }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index b4865d078..607e1d234 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   update_release_draft:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # for release-drafter/release-drafter to create a github release
+      pull-requests: read  # for release-drafter/release-drafter to read PR content and labels
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 56ee9362e..223914568 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ jobs:
             return { "board": boards }
 
   build:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # for actions/upload-release-asset to upload release asset
     name: Release build for ${{ matrix.board.id }}
     needs: validate_release
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index ff356e391..d38331260 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   stale:
+    permissions:
+      issues: write  # for actions/stale to close stale issues
+      pull-requests: write  # for actions/stale to close stale PRs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # The 90 day stale policy