diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream-end-to-end-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/downstream-end-to-end-tests.yml
index 80b12835d..a4540c754 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream-end-to-end-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream-end-to-end-tests.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
             actions: read
             issues: read
             pull-requests: read
+            contents: read
         with:
             matrix-js-sdk-sha: ${{ github.sha }}
             # We only want to run the playwright tests on merge queue to prevent regressions