diff --git a/.changeset/fix-release-actions-permission.md b/.changeset/fix-release-actions-permission.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..497834d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-release-actions-permission.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@resciencelab/agent-world-network": patch
+---
+
+Fix release workflow: add actions:write permission so GITHUB_TOKEN can dispatch the CLI release build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cf56cdf..0cec00b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ concurrency:
 permissions:
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
+  actions: write
 
 jobs:
   release: