diff --git a/repos/rust-lang/blog.rust-lang.org.toml b/repos/rust-lang/blog.rust-lang.org.toml
index 5f1e2c32b..d42f6a9b4 100644
--- a/repos/rust-lang/blog.rust-lang.org.toml
+++ b/repos/rust-lang/blog.rust-lang.org.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ bots = ["rustbot", "renovate"]
 [access.teams]
 inside-rust-reviewers = "write"
 website = "maintain"
+# For Rust release blog posts
+release = "write"
 
 [[branch-protections]]
 pattern = "master"