Disk Utility keeps asking for permission to make changes upon launch

Disk Utility keeps asking for permission whenever I open the application. I was fine until I updated to 26.2 on my Mac Studio. It actually asks twice, saying it needs permissions to make changes. The application doesn’t remember me granting previous permissions because it asks every time I launch the application. If I chose Cancel, instead of Allow, Disk Utility seems to work just fine. Can someone one please shed some light, particularly on how to stop it from asking every time. Thanks.