diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
index eb54a393d..ec623148c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ jobs:
       actions: read
       contents: read
       copilot-requests: write
-      issues: read
-      pull-requests: read
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
     env:
       DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
       GH_AW_ASSETS_ALLOWED_EXTS: ""
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md
index d44bc739e..48ab1219e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ on:
   reaction: "eyes"
 permissions:
   contents: read
-  pull-requests: read
-  issues: read
+  pull-requests: write
+  issues: write
   actions: read
   copilot-requests: write
 name: Smoke Copilot