diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index 4d21436539a64a..6884703de3d5d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read # to determine modified files
+  issues: write # pr-size-labeler uses the issues API until https://github.com/CodelyTV/pr-size-labeler/pull/89 is merged
   pull-requests: write # to add labels to PRs
 
 jobs: