diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 74e488206e..ebfc9350e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,16 @@ on:
     # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
     branches: ['*/dev','*/contrib']
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   CodeQL-Build:
 
+    permissions:
+      actions: read  # for github/codeql-action/init to get workflow details
+      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/analyze to upload SARIF results
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       actions: read