diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 42ea238bf..de36bec56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ on:
 name: release
 
 permissions:
-  id-token: write # This is required for requesting the JWT
+  id-token: write # This is required for requesting the JWT (used for docker push to AWS ECR)
   contents: read  # This is required for actions/checkout
+  packages: write # This is required for docker push to ghcr
 
 jobs:
   qns: