diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index 266df4ce9..d5fc8c835 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ on:
 jobs:
   triage:
     permissions:
-      contents: read
+      contents: write
       pull-requests: write
+      issues: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout