diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9ebbc9c1c4bb..91b139664c8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 jobs:
   pr:
+    permissions:
+      actions: write # for rust-lang/simpleinfra/github-actions/cancel-outdated-builds
     name: PR
     env:
       CI_JOB_NAME: "${{ matrix.name }}"
@@ -144,6 +146,8 @@ jobs:
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "${{ secrets[format('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_{0}', env.ARTIFACTS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID)] }}"
         if: "success() && !env.SKIP_JOB && (github.event_name == 'push' || env.DEPLOY == '1' || env.DEPLOY_ALT == '1')"
   auto:
+    permissions:
+      actions: write # for rust-lang/simpleinfra/github-actions/cancel-outdated-builds
     name: auto
     env:
       CI_JOB_NAME: "${{ matrix.name }}"
@@ -549,6 +553,8 @@ jobs:
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "${{ secrets[format('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_{0}', env.ARTIFACTS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID)] }}"
         if: "success() && !env.SKIP_JOB && (github.event_name == 'push' || env.DEPLOY == '1' || env.DEPLOY_ALT == '1')"
   try:
+    permissions:
+      actions: write # for rust-lang/simpleinfra/github-actions/cancel-outdated-builds
     name: try
     env:
       CI_JOB_NAME: "${{ matrix.name }}"
diff --git a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
index 42ce0576d49e..0f748ed0c62d 100644
--- a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
+++ b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
   pr:
+    permissions:
+      actions: write
     <<: *base-ci-job
     name: PR
     env:
@@ -296,6 +298,8 @@ jobs:
             <<: *job-linux-xl
 
   auto:
+    permissions:
+      actions: write
     <<: *base-ci-job
     name: auto
     env:
@@ -722,6 +726,8 @@ jobs:
             <<: *job-windows-xl
 
   try:
+    permissions:
+      actions: write # for rust-lang/simpleinfra/github-actions/cancel-outdated-builds
     <<: *base-ci-job
     name: try
     env: