diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index e9ef3cdd9..63ce9205e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ name: Generate and publish docs
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
-  pull-requests: write
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -18,6 +17,10 @@ jobs:
     # macos-15 is required for Xcode 16.3
     runs-on: macos-15
 
+    permissions:
+      # Needed to push to gh-pages branch
+      contents: write
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4