diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9f3b18ce53c3186f490f2ee8b891ce1f1b70f046..c16a383f43f8454b4aa78cfdc19cdc79acd83775 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -543,8 +543,8 @@ release-helm:
     - "docker logout ${CI_REGISTRY2_URL}"
     - "echo ${CI_REGISTRY2_PASSWORD} | docker login --username ${CI_REGISTRY2_USER} --password-stdin ${CI_REGISTRY2_URL}"
     - "mkdir -p ~/.gnupg"
-    - echo "$CI_GPG_SECRING" > ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg
-    - echo "$CI_GPG_PUBRING" > ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
+    - echo "${CI_GPG_SECRING}" | base64 -d > ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg
+    - echo "${CI_GPG_PUBRING}" | base64 -d > ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
     - helm registry login --username "${CI_REGISTRY_USER}" --password "${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" "${CI_REGISTRY_URL}"
     - helm registry login --username "${CI_REGISTRY2_USER}" --password "${CI_REGISTRY2_PASSWORD}" "${CI_REGISTRY2_URL}"
     - make build-helm