diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 1ff9f43d9a..f07a8a14c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   analyze:
     # This repository only have Java and Rust code. Rust is not supported currently.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
index 2c390d9ba2..943277da41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ on:
 env:
   TEST_TAG: public.ecr.aws/aws-observability/adot-autoinstrumentation-java:test-v2
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   static-code-checks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml b/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
index 49ddc47c00..92d7a86863 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 20 * * SUN' # every Sunday at 20 am UTC: PST 0:00 AM "
 
 
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
   stale-close:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest