diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index c53f39d3d..fcc7fc837 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@ on:
     # branches to consider in the event; optional, defaults to all
     branches:
       - master
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   update_release_draft:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # for release-drafter/release-drafter to create a github release
+      pull-requests: write  # for release-drafter/release-drafter to add label to PR
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "master"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index 7b8e2668a..c5ea01d0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@ on:
   issues:
     types: [opened, edited]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   triage:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read  # for github/issue-labeler to get repo contents
+      issues: write  # for github/issue-labeler to create or remove labels
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: github/issue-labeler@v2.4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lock.yml b/.github/workflows/lock.yml
index 0ec82b1f6..7c17c56bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lock.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   lock:
+    permissions:
+      issues: write  # for dessant/lock-threads to lock issues
+      pull-requests: write  # for dessant/lock-threads to lock PRs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: dessant/lock-threads@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-check.yml b/.github/workflows/version-check.yml
index 2bf80f491..4c06d86d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-check.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ name: Version Check
 on: push
 
 # A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
   Version-Check: