diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 07fa209c..65a621a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ name: Release
       - beta
       - "*.x"
 permissions:
-  contents: read #  for checkout
+  contents: read            # for checkout
 jobs:
   release:
     permissions:
-      contents: write #  to be able to publish a GitHub release
-      issues: write #  to be able to comment on released issues
-      pull-requests: write #  to be able to comment on released pull requests
+      contents: write       # to be able to publish a GitHub release
+      issues: write         # to be able to comment on released issues
+      pull-requests: write  # to be able to comment on released pull requests
+      id-token: write       # to enable use of OIDC for npm provenance
     name: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7fa32c70..679d8fac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
     "trailingComma": "es5"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
-    "access": "public"
+    "access": "public",
+    "provenance": true
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",