diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml
index b1e3613e5c4..40f9477777c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.lock.yml
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       copilot-requests: write
+      issues: read
       pull-requests: read
     env:
       DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.md b/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.md
index 4221852577e..2ad142db890 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-code-quality-reviewer.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ engine:
   copilot-sdk: true
 permissions:
   contents: read
+  issues: read
   pull-requests: read
   copilot-requests: write
 imports: