diff --git a/.github/workflows/interchaintest.yaml b/.github/workflows/interchaintest.yaml
index 24bcf3cfa..796e55367 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/interchaintest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/interchaintest.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-and-push-image:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4