diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 2b2f4bb..cb0e6b2 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       - restore_cache:
           key: jars-{{ checksum "build.gradle" }}-{{ checksum  "app/build.gradle" }}
       - run:
-          command: echo $GPG_KEY_CONTENTS | base64 -d > /secret.gpg
+          command: sudo echo $GPG_KEY_CONTENTS | base64 -d > /secret.gpg
       - run:
           name: Staging
           command: ./gradlew treedatastructure:publishReleasePublicationToSonatypeRepository