diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 78c932ad622f61dbf80f620944825498a3b8aa58..0c136b2d111b09b35d03dceac7527e10b1fbe119 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ 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 -p ~/.gnupg"
+    - "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