diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog-preview.yml
index 30c6083c6b..af9087141e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog-preview.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
+  statuses: write
 
 jobs:
   changelog-preview:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 743f2f1776..b32c141074 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Internal
+
+- Set `write` permission for `statuses` in the changelog preview GHA workflow. ([#5053](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5053))
+
 ## 8.31.0
 
 ### Features