diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yml b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
index 511a0f5..4ae8aaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, main]
 
+permissions: none
+
 ###############
 # Set the Job #
 ###############
@@ -31,9 +33,10 @@ jobs:
     # Set the agent to run on
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-    # Set top-level permissions to read-only
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      packages: read
+      statuses: write
 
     ##################
     # Load all steps #
@@ -45,7 +48,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # Full git history for proper analysis
+          # Full git history is needed to get a proper
+          # list of changed files within `super-linter`
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       ################################
       # Run Linter against code base #
@@ -55,5 +60,3 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DEFAULT_BRANCH: main
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        permissions:
-          contents: write # Specific permission for this step if necessary