diff --git a/.github/workflows/envoy-prechecks.yml b/.github/workflows/envoy-prechecks.yml
index 5e5c8d055553..4a20abdc435f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/envoy-prechecks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/envoy-prechecks.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: read
+      # TODO(phlax): figure out how to remove this
+      statuses: write
 
   prechecks:
     needs: