diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh_pages_deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/gh_pages_deploy.yaml
index b7488c71da11..186e9a8d7713 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh_pages_deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh_pages_deploy.yaml
@@ -18,15 +18,13 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-# Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages.
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  pages: write
-  id-token: write
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
@@ -72,6 +70,10 @@ jobs:
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build
+    # Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages.
+    permissions:
+      pages: write
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1