diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
index 09067f5..77e24d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ jobs:
       - backend  # Wait for client before running the merge job
       - client  # Wait for client before running the merge job
 
+    permissions:
+      contents: read  # Allows reading repository contents
+      packages: write  # Required to push images to GitHub Container Registry (GHCR)
+
     steps:
 
       - name: Download digests