diff --git a/.github/workflows/template_flaky_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/template_flaky_tests.yml
index 3e8c5f1..ffe3ecd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/template_flaky_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/template_flaky_tests.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Flaky-Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     permissions:
+      checks: read
       contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Find flaky tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ac83e6..652d578 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ on:
 jobs:
   flaky-tests:
     uses: Staffbase/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/template_flaky_tests.yml@8b3899b42a8bc3eb63645192e2c7974a80069063 # v12.0.0
-    permissions: {}
+    permissions:
+      checks: read
+      contents: read
     with:
       # identifier for the slack channel
       slack-channel-id: 45678787976