diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 809ef9afa043c3e48631b38ccd07557b8d026822..e5e177954df4939414746a172f6ea537660caa76 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ deploy-release:
   before_script:
     - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
     - apk update && apk add git
+    - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+    - echo "$SSH_GIT_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add -
+    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh/ && ssh-keyscan git.astron.nl > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
   script:
     - echo -n "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" | sed -e "s/^releases\//export RELEASE=/" > version && source version
     - docker tag $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest git.astron.nl:5000/ldv/bf_double_tgz:$RELEASE
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ deploy-release:
     - git config user.name $GITLAB_USER_NAME
     - git commit -m "[SKIP CI] Replace latest with tag $RELEASE"
     - git tag -a $RELEASE -m "[SKIP CI] Version $RELEASE created by gitlab-ci build"
+    - git remote set-url origin git@${CI_SERVER_HOST}:${CI_PROJECT_PATH}.git
     - git push --all
   rules:
      - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^releases//'