diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 362ab2a8..fe33f4a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ on:
     tags:
       - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
 jobs:
   test:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
@@ -17,8 +20,6 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     needs: test
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Stop early if the tag fails any validation