diff --git a/.github/actions/build-push-kotsadm-image/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-push-kotsadm-image/action.yml
index 6b5b730d1c..62b3f62fb0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-push-kotsadm-image/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-push-kotsadm-image/action.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ runs:
         mkdir -p ./packages/x86_64
         ln -s /tmp/gcsfuse/apk-repo/x86_64/*.apk ./packages/x86_64/
         ln -s /tmp/gcsfuse/apk-repo/chainguard-enterprise.rsa.pub ./packages/
-        chmod +r ./packages/chainguard-enterprise.rsa.pub
 
         # Make a copy of the APKINDEX.* since we'll need to write to it on package builds
         cp /tmp/gcsfuse/apk-repo/x86_64/APKINDEX.* ./packages/x86_64/