diff --git a/.claude/skills/release/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/release/SKILL.md
index 43d1c00b..69c2e15a 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/release/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/release/SKILL.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: release
 description: Cut a cui-java-tools release — bump .github/project.yml version, open and merge the release PR, wait for the automated Release workflow, verify the release landed, then reformat the generated GitHub release notes
 user-invocable: true
-allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Edit
+allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Edit, AskUserQuestion
 ---
 
 # Release Skill