diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-beta.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-beta.yaml
index 0139b67..0d28bc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-beta.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-beta.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
   # Needed for Workload Identity
   id-token: write
-  # Needed to pull docker images
-  packages: read
+  # Needed to pull docker images / write NPM packages
+  packages: write
 
 jobs:
   publish:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 0b5c3ab..9494291 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
   # Needed for Workload Identity
   id-token: write
-  # Needed to pull docker images
-  packages: read
+  # Needed to pull docker images / write NPM packages
+  packages: write
 
 jobs:
   publish: