From 711bc84507d43e3bbaec244d8c1a714fd2276936 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Grant, Josh" <grantjn@ornl.gov>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:22:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add write permissions to the ensure-branch job

---
 .github/workflows/dependency-security.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-security.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-security.yml
index 42d94f9..4bc8445 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-security.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-security.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ jobs:
 
   ensure-branch:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: