diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index c78c72a15..18a2c8ba7 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ local custom_clone = {
     |||,
     'mkdir -p ~/.ssh && touch ~/.ssh/config && touch ~/.ssh/known_hosts',
     'chmod 600 ~/.ssh/known_hosts',
-    'ssh-keyscan github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts',
+    'ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts',
     'eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"',
     'echo "$CLONE_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_drone_ci_deploy',
+    'chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_drone_ci_deploy',
+    'ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_drone_ci_deploy',
     'ssh -T git@github.com -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_drone_ci_deploy',
     'git init',
     'git remote add origin $DRONE_GIT_SSH_URL',