diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
index f0600b9d..7a4af18d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,14 @@ on:
 #################
 # Start the job #
 #################
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   update_release_draft:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # for release-drafter/release-drafter to create a github release
+      pull-requests: write  # for release-drafter/release-drafter to add label to PR
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-visualization.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-visualization.yml
index 5199caa0..e8a6e75e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-visualization.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-visualization.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ on:
 ###############
 # Set the Job #
 ###############
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   build:
     # Name the Job
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index bba2d5d2..4c2fa134 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ jobs:
   # Mark an Issue Stale #
   #######################
   markstale:
+    permissions:
+      issues: write  # for actions/stale to close stale issues
+      pull-requests: write  # for actions/stale to close stale PRs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # only run on schedule
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
index 030e1ac7..5187ebcf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
   pull_request:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   scan-container:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload SARIF results
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     timeout-minutes: 60
diff --git a/.github/workflows/versioning.yml b/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
index d59a2047..fcb87519 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ on:
 #################
 # Start the job #
 #################
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   actions-tagger:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # for Actions-R-Us/actions-tagger to create a release and add latest tag
     runs-on: windows-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps: