diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml
index 4c3131d57..961d129b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ on:
     branches:
       - '*'
 
+permissions:
+  id-token: write         # needed for AWS
+
 jobs:
   pre_job:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest