diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 237de802db5..1a48cc3e353 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
+      actions: write  # required for actions/stale to delete its state cache between runs
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/stale@b5d41d4e1d5dceea10e7104786b73624c18a190f # v10.2.0