diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml
index 9af823526..e89a7d34a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write         # needed for AWS
+  contents: write         # allow making a release
 
 jobs:
   pre_job: