diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 47b571d2e..b9ef214ff 100644
--- a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ deploy node for linux amd64:
     - aws configure set region "us-east-2"
     - aws configure set aws_profile $PROFILE
     - echo $AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY > gitlab-featurebase-dev
+    - chmod 400 gitlab-featurebase-dev
     - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'
     - eval `ssh-agent -s`
     - mkdir -p ~/.ssh