diff --git a/.github/workflows/new-version.yml b/.github/workflows/new-version.yml
index 8863362..1d005fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/new-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/new-version.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on:
     branches: # only trigger when a commit was pushed to main
       - main
 
+permissions:
+  # this is required to create a release
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-preview.yml
index 6ff4439..6e4d327 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-preview.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ on:
 
 concurrency: preview-${{ github.ref }}
 
+permissions:
+  # allow the action to push storybook build to the gh-pages branch
+  contents: write
+  # allow the action to add a comment to the PR
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
   deploy-preview:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 18.0.0
 
       - name: Install dependencies and build storybook
         run: |