diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7438fc5268e69f..257afe8cf6889b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ publish:
     - mv release/*.zip release/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA
     - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
     - ssh-add - <<< "${SSH_PRIVATE_KEY}"
+    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh && chmod 700 ~/.ssh
     - ssh-keyscan $SSH_REMOTE_IP >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
     - rsync -avz release/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA $SSH_USER@$SSH_REMOTE_IP:~/builds/builds/
     - ssh $SSH_USER@$SSH_REMOTE_IP "~/push.ps1 $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"