diff --git a/.github/workflows/localazy_download.yaml b/.github/workflows/localazy_download.yaml
index 435b8154b..b8e948d45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/localazy_download.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/localazy_download.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ on:
     workflow_dispatch: {}
     schedule:
         - cron: "0 6 * * 1,3,5" # Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6am UTC
-permissions: {} # We use ELEMENT_BOT_TOKEN instead
+permissions:
+    pull-requests: write # needed to auto-approve PRs
 jobs:
     download:
         uses: matrix-org/matrix-web-i18n/.github/workflows/localazy_download.yaml@main