diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index cfa0bc34..1a746f71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-and-deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # Allow the default GITHUB_TOKEN to push the built site to gh-pages
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
         uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.1 # If you're using actions/checkout@v2 you must set persist-credentials to false in most cases for the deployment to work correctly.