diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b3edb6b..d9c1b7e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ deploy:
     - echo "=========================================="
     - cd "$DEPLOY_PATH"
     - echo "Step 1/8 Initializing data directories..."
-    - mkdir -p data/backups data/documents
+    - sudo mkdir -p data/backups data/documents
     - sudo chown -R 1001:1001 data/backups data/documents
     - sudo chmod 755 data/backups data/documents
     - echo "Step 2/8 Injecting secrets..."