diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
index f2798ee..923e0d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ on:
         description: 'Short reason for this manual release'
         required: true
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
 jobs:
   regular-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
index 7af96b7..90b9484 100644
--- a/src/__init__.py
+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = '0.18.30'
+__version__ = '0.18.31'
+
 from src.cli import main
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