diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-storybook.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-storybook.yml
index 5926f4d2a3d..23242ef249a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-storybook.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-storybook.yml
@@ -77,4 +77,5 @@ jobs:
           path: packages/grafana-ui/dist/storybook
           service_account: github-gf-storybook-deploy@grafanalabs-workload-identity.iam.gserviceaccount.com
           parent: false
+          # need to unset this as the default doesn't work on a bucket with uniform bucket-level access
           predefinedAcl: ''