diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f6ffa5e004b..d0a03cf4138 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ jobs:
       NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=4096'
       # Project name to use when running "docker compose" prior to e2e tests
       COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME: 'ci'
+      # Docker Registry to use for Docker compose scripts below.
+      # We use GitHub's Container Registry to avoid aggressive rate limits at DockerHub.
+      DOCKER_REGISTRY: ghcr.io
     strategy:
       # Create a matrix of Node versions to test against (in parallel)
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index db42a36d3b1..6b299ba6f12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read  #  to fetch code (actions/checkout)
+  packages: write # to write images to GitHub Container Registry (GHCR)
 
 jobs:
   #############################################################