diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_v3_layer.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_v3_layer.yml
index d27031af366..761a9b2796a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_v3_layer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_v3_layer.yml
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       # lower privilege propagated from parent workflow (release.yml)
       contents: read
-      #pages: write
+      pages: write
       pull-requests: none
       id-token: write
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml
index ac5172c9891..fa1d58fd656 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read  # push to gh-pages
       id-token: write  # trade JWT token for AWS credentials in AWS Docs account
-      #pages: write     # uncomment if mike fails as we migrated to S3 hosting
+      pages: write     # uncomment if mike fails as we migrated to S3 hosting
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  # v4.2.2
         with: