diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17ba359..7fe0ccd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ policies. Live apply roles may `UpdateAssumeRolePolicy` only on the matching
 `githubdeploy-shoc-frontend-new-<env>` role. `DenySecretAccess` still denies
 Secrets Manager and KMS decrypt; SSM GetParameter/GetParameters/GetParametersByPath
 are denied except `/shoc-frontend-new/<env>/deploy/*`, which plan and apply
-may read by named GetParameter/GetParameters/DescribeParameters. `UpdateDistribution` is allowed on the exact pinned distribution ARN.
+may read by named GetParameter/GetParameters/ListTagsForResource. DescribeParameters
+is a collection API, so it is named on `*` (not `ssm:Get*`). `UpdateDistribution` is allowed on the exact pinned distribution ARN.
 `CreateInvalidation` and `GetInvalidation` are allowed on that same ARN so the
 Terraform invalidation action can run. `GetObject`/`GetObjectTagging`/`PutObject`/`PutObjectTagging` on
 `.release/current` lets Terraform own the release pointer, including the
diff --git a/lib/terraform-substrate/shoc-frontend-resources.ts b/lib/terraform-substrate/shoc-frontend-resources.ts
index 6b826d8..8fca5ac 100644
--- a/lib/terraform-substrate/shoc-frontend-resources.ts
+++ b/lib/terraform-substrate/shoc-frontend-resources.ts
@@ -236,16 +236,24 @@ const frontendReadPolicy = (
       },
     ];
   if (isLiveFrontendEnvironment(environment)) {
-    statements.push({
-      Sid: `Read${environmentSid(environment)}DeploySsm`,
-      Effect: "Allow",
-      Action: [
-        "ssm:GetParameter",
-        "ssm:GetParameters",
-        "ssm:DescribeParameters",
-      ],
-      Resource: deployParameterArn(environment),
-    });
+    statements.push(
+      {
+        Sid: `Read${environmentSid(environment)}DeploySsm`,
+        Effect: "Allow",
+        Action: [
+          "ssm:GetParameter",
+          "ssm:GetParameters",
+          "ssm:ListTagsForResource",
+        ],
+        Resource: deployParameterArn(environment),
+      },
+      {
+        Sid: `Describe${environmentSid(environment)}DeploySsm`,
+        Effect: "Allow",
+        Action: "ssm:DescribeParameters",
+        Resource: "*",
+      },
+    );
   }
   return {
     Version: "2012-10-17",