diff --git a/.github/workflows/command-backport.yml b/.github/workflows/command-backport.yml
index 72da40f198394a0d651976721338bbc256d5855e..6470ff28881cd1cb987b849d39fb7eda7689cba4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/command-backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/command-backport.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write # so it can comment
   pull-requests: write # so it can create pull requests
+  issues: write
+  actions: write # It may have to backport changes to the CI as well.
 
 jobs:
   backport: