diff --git a/.github/workflows/on-release-published.yml b/.github/workflows/on-release-published.yml
index 1d867eaa..d5efee13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on-release-published.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on-release-published.yml
@@ -88,8 +88,12 @@ jobs:
     # These permissions are needed to assume roles from Github's OIDC.
     # https://github.com/grafana/shared-workflows/tree/main/actions/get-vault-secrets
     permissions:
-      contents: read
       id-token: write
+      contents: read
+      # the following permissions are needed for the yaml-update-action step
+      # https://github.com/fjogeleit/yaml-update-action/issues/539#issuecomment-1440922870
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout project
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-make-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-make-docs.yml
index c46b899f..3e69b710 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-make-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-make-docs.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Update `make docs` procedure
+name: Update make docs procedure
 
 on:
   schedule:
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   main:
-    if: github.repository == 'grafana/oncall'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/update-make-docs@update-make-docs/v1
-        with:
-          pr_options: --label "pr:no changelog"