diff --git a/.github/workflows/welcome_first_contribution.yml b/.github/workflows/welcome_first_contribution.yml
index 2d2740ee4a3..9ffdaab83ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/welcome_first_contribution.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/welcome_first_contribution.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           owner: zed-industries
           repositories: zed
           permission-issues: write
-          permission-pull-requests: read
+          permission-pull-requests: write
 
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1