diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 836c32357..e5edf42cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ name: Release
       - next
       - beta
       - "*.x"
+
+# These are recommended by the semantic-release docs: https://github.com/semantic-release/npm#npm-provenance
+permissions:
+    contents: write # to be able to publish a GitHub release
+    issues: write # to be able to comment on released issues
+    pull-requests: write # to be able to comment on released pull requests
+    id-token: write # to enable use of OIDC for npm provenance
+
 jobs:
   release:
     name: release
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c59468802..19c789d54 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   "name": "@octokit/request",
   "version": "0.0.0-development",
   "publishConfig": {
-    "access": "public"
+    "access": "public",
+    "provenance": true
   },
   "description": "Send parameterized requests to GitHub's APIs with sensible defaults in browsers and Node",
   "scripts": {