diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-autoupdate.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-autoupdate.yml
index e206a00154e..aef5e16daad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-autoupdate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-autoupdate.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '28 2 * * 6' # Saturday at 02:28 UTC
 
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   autoupdate:
     name: Autoupdate
@@ -15,6 +17,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
 
+    permissions:
+      # Needed to create a PR with autoupdate changes
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout DPNP repo
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee2e6f47fae..6ae8663406b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Resolved `conda build --test` issue in python 3.9 environment [#2583](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2583)
 * Fixed tests for the rounding functions to depend on minimum required numpy version [#2589](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2589)
 * Fixed tests for the ufuncs to depend on minimum required numpy version [#2590](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2590)
+* Added missing permission definition in `Autoupdate pre-commit` GitHub workflow [#2591](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2591)
 
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