diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yaml
index 2eafdb6..0d0e226 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update-readme:
     permissions:
-      contents: read
+      contents: write
       pull-requests: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: