diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1287d42e85..22ef6e2bc4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Note that the only difference between `v2` and `v3` of the CodeQL Action is the
 
 - Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.16.2. [#2124](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/2124)
 - The CodeQL action no longer fails if it can't write to the telemetry api endpoint. [#2121](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/2121)
+- Users of GHES3.9+ and GHEC will no longer need to include `actions: read` permissions to use `upload-sarif` in private repositories.
 
 ## 3.24.0 - 02 Feb 2024
 
diff --git a/lib/api-client.js b/lib/api-client.js
index c6bb8e32fb..ad3c372c82 100644
--- a/lib/api-client.js
+++ b/lib/api-client.js
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ exports.getGitHubVersion = getGitHubVersion;
  * Get the path of the currently executing workflow relative to the repository root.
  */
 async function getWorkflowRelativePath() {
+    const workflow_ref = process.env["GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF"];
+    if (workflow_ref !== undefined) {
+        const workflowRegExp = new RegExp("^[^/]+/[^/]+/(.*?)@.*");
+        const match = workflow_ref.match(workflowRegExp);
+        if (match) {
+            return new Promise((resolve) => {
+                resolve(match[1]);
+            });
+        }
+    }
     const repo_nwo = (0, util_1.getRequiredEnvParam)("GITHUB_REPOSITORY").split("/");
     const owner = repo_nwo[0];
     const repo = repo_nwo[1];
diff --git a/lib/api-client.js.map b/lib/api-client.js.map
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diff --git a/src/api-client.ts b/src/api-client.ts
index a80542def4..82ebd47b82 100644
--- a/src/api-client.ts
+++ b/src/api-client.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ export async function getGitHubVersion(): Promise<GitHubVersion> {
  * Get the path of the currently executing workflow relative to the repository root.
  */
 export async function getWorkflowRelativePath(): Promise<string> {
+  const workflow_ref = process.env["GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF"];
+  if (workflow_ref !== undefined) {
+    const workflowRegExp = new RegExp("^[^/]+/[^/]+/(.*?)@.*");
+    const match = workflow_ref.match(workflowRegExp);
+    if (match) {
+      return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        resolve(match[1]);
+      });
+    }
+  }
   const repo_nwo = getRequiredEnvParam("GITHUB_REPOSITORY").split("/");
   const owner = repo_nwo[0];
   const repo = repo_nwo[1];