diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 199c17f..44f613f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ on:
       dry_run:
         description: 'Should execution abstain from mutating repository/remote state?'
         required: true
-        default: 'true'
+        default: true
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     uses: 'connectorio/gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/release.yml@master'
     secrets:
       GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
@@ -33,4 +35,4 @@ jobs:
       release_version: ${{ inputs.release_version }}
       development_version: ${{ inputs.development_version }}
       perform_version: ${{ inputs.perform_version }}
-      dry_run: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
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+      dry_run: ${{ inputs.dry_run == true }}
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