diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 4fdbc1fcd..31ccdacb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ jobs:
         run: rm -rf ./release-packages ./test/test-results
 
   trivy-scan-repo:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      security-events: write # for github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload SARIF results
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index e4b02aaa0..efe068fbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   analyze:
+    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/autobuild to send a status report
     name: Analyze
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/installer.yml b/.github/workflows/installer.yml
index 5002c3e81..bf0f4eaa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/installer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/installer.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   ubuntu:
     name: Test installer on Ubuntu