diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index aabb62ff..c987ac8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -33,17 +33,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           app-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID }}
           private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      # Temporary: release creation fails with "Resource not accessible by
-      # integration". An empty POST is always rejected, so it creates nothing:
-      # 403 means the token lacks a permission (named in
-      # x-accepted-github-permissions), 422 means the token can write.
-      - name: Probe release-create permission
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
-        run: |
-          gh api -i -X POST "repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases" --input /dev/null 2>&1 \
-            | grep -iE '^HTTP/|^x-accepted-github-permissions|^x-oauth-scopes|"message"|^gh:' || true
+          # Listing permissions limits the token to these. workflows is needed
+          # to tag a release whose commits change .github/workflows/; if the
+          # app lacks it, token creation fails here with that permission named.
+          permission-contents: write
+          permission-issues: write
+          permission-pull-requests: write
+          permission-workflows: write
 
       - name: Run Release Please
         uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4