diff --git a/pkg/workflow/data/github_tool_to_toolset.json b/pkg/workflow/data/github_tool_to_toolset.json
index 5a71fa89699..07a3cd72f7e 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/data/github_tool_to_toolset.json
+++ b/pkg/workflow/data/github_tool_to_toolset.json
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
   "list_tags": "repos",
   "list_branches": "repos",
 
+  "issue_dependency_read": "issues",
+  "issue_dependency_write": "issues",
   "issue_read": "issues",
   "list_issues": "issues",
   "create_issue": "issues",
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/data/github_toolsets_permissions.json b/pkg/workflow/data/github_toolsets_permissions.json
index da415572f9d..87b11ac7e42 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/data/github_toolsets_permissions.json
+++ b/pkg/workflow/data/github_toolsets_permissions.json
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       "description": "Issue management",
       "read_permissions": ["issues"],
       "write_permissions": ["issues"],
-      "tools": ["add_issue_comment", "issue_read", "issue_write", "list_issue_fields", "list_issue_types", "list_issues", "search_issues", "sub_issue_write"]
+      "tools": ["add_issue_comment", "issue_dependency_read", "issue_dependency_write", "issue_read", "issue_write", "list_issue_fields", "list_issue_types", "list_issues", "search_issues", "sub_issue_write"]
     },
     "labels": {
       "description": "Label management",
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/github_tool_to_toolset_test.go b/pkg/workflow/github_tool_to_toolset_test.go
index 656621abd57..ec969ffac96 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/github_tool_to_toolset_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/github_tool_to_toolset_test.go
@@ -120,6 +120,32 @@ func TestValidateGitHubToolsAgainstToolsets(t *testing.T) {
 			enabledToolsets: []string{"discussions", "gists"},
 			expectError:     false,
 		},
+		{
+			name:            "issue_dependency_read belongs to issues toolset",
+			allowedTools:    []string{"issue_dependency_read"},
+			enabledToolsets: []string{"issues"},
+			expectError:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "issue_dependency_write belongs to issues toolset",
+			allowedTools:    []string{"issue_dependency_write"},
+			enabledToolsets: []string{"issues"},
+			expectError:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "issue_dependency_read fails without issues toolset",
+			allowedTools:    []string{"issue_dependency_read"},
+			enabledToolsets: []string{"repos"},
+			expectError:     true,
+			errorContains:   []string{"issues", "issue_dependency_read"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "issue_dependency_write fails without issues toolset",
+			allowedTools:    []string{"issue_dependency_write"},
+			enabledToolsets: []string{"repos"},
+			expectError:     true,
+			errorContains:   []string{"issues", "issue_dependency_write"},
+		},
 		{
 			name:            "Security-related toolsets",
 			allowedTools:    []string{"list_code_scanning_alerts", "list_secret_scanning_alerts"},
@@ -298,6 +324,8 @@ func TestGitHubToolToToolsetMap_ConsistencyWithDocumentation(t *testing.T) {
 		"get_file_contents":           "repos",
 		"list_issues":                 "issues",
 		"create_issue":                "issues",
+		"issue_dependency_read":       "issues",
+		"issue_dependency_write":      "issues",
 		"pull_request_read":           "pull_requests",
 		"search_pull_requests":        "pull_requests",
 		"actions_list":                "actions",