diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 6c1626b6..881cb237 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   ci:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
     env:
       # Fake a TRAVIS env so that the pre-existing test cases would behave like before
       TRAVIS: true