diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/SlackOAuth2Api.credentials.ts b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/SlackOAuth2Api.credentials.ts
index 2434aa33c0..e9a889b2d4 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/SlackOAuth2Api.credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/SlackOAuth2Api.credentials.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ICredentialType, INodeProperties } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 //https://api.slack.com/authentication/oauth-v2
 const userScopes = [
+	'channels:read',
 	'channels:write',
 	'chat:write',
 	'files:read',