diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0c136b2d111b09b35d03dceac7527e10b1fbe119..9f3b18ce53c3186f490f2ee8b891ce1f1b70f046 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -542,10 +542,9 @@ release-helm:
     - "echo ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD} | docker login --username ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} --password-stdin ${CI_REGISTRY_URL}"
     - "docker logout ${CI_REGISTRY2_URL}"
     - "echo ${CI_REGISTRY2_PASSWORD} | docker login --username ${CI_REGISTRY2_USER} --password-stdin ${CI_REGISTRY2_URL}"
-    - "mkdir -m 0700 -p ~/.gnupg"
-    - echo "CI_GPG_SECRING" | base64 -d > ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg
-    - echo "CI_GPG_PUBRING" | base64 -d > ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
-    - chmod 0644 ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
+    - "mkdir -p ~/.gnupg"
+    - echo "$CI_GPG_SECRING" > ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg
+    - echo "$CI_GPG_PUBRING" > ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
     - helm registry login --username "${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