diff --git a/.github/workflows/digger_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/digger_workflow.yml
index b7f7f04..7a333f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/digger_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/digger_workflow.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: write       # required for plan persistence
       id-token: write      # required for workload-identity-federation
       pull-requests: write # required to post PR comments
+      issues: write
       statuses: write      # required to validate combined PR status
 
     steps: