diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/apicurio/registry/ccompat/rest/v7/impl/CompatibilityResourceImpl.java b/app/src/main/java/io/apicurio/registry/ccompat/rest/v7/impl/CompatibilityResourceImpl.java
index efc06e6ab0..d9b1b16f7a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/apicurio/registry/ccompat/rest/v7/impl/CompatibilityResourceImpl.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/apicurio/registry/ccompat/rest/v7/impl/CompatibilityResourceImpl.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public CompatibilityCheckResponse testCompatibilityBySubjectName(String subject,
     }
 
     @Override
-    @Authorized(style = AuthorizedStyle.ArtifactOnly, level = AuthorizedLevel.Write)
+    @Authorized(style = AuthorizedStyle.ArtifactOnly, level = AuthorizedLevel.Read)
     public CompatibilityCheckResponse testCompatibilityByVersion(String subject, String versionString,
             SchemaContent request, Boolean verbose, String groupId) throws Exception {
         final boolean fverbose = verbose == null ? Boolean.FALSE : verbose;