diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 2f70334249a..5d57db04d14 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -3555,6 +3555,7 @@ steps:
   failure: ignore
   image: us.gcr.io/kubernetes-dev/package-publish:latest
   name: publish-linux-packages
+  privileged: true
   settings:
     access_key_id:
       from_secret: packages_access_key_id
@@ -3632,6 +3633,7 @@ steps:
   failure: ignore
   image: us.gcr.io/kubernetes-dev/package-publish:latest
   name: publish-linux-packages
+  privileged: true
   settings:
     access_key_id:
       from_secret: packages_access_key_id
@@ -5162,6 +5164,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: packages_secret_access_key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 9a0091729b405e9ce087fa83b81048ac82e345cc9b48dffeb3e2a3957d6d8449
+hmac: 1589abf9aa24456fc7c990e0da911821417e64c25a3fa983063904e3336c31d0
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index 3be804b6a9b..dd39ec94773 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ def publish_linux_packages_step(edition):
         'depends_on': [
             'gen-version'
         ],
+        'privileged': True,
         'failure': 'ignore', # While we're testing it
         'settings': {
             'access_key_id': from_secret('packages_access_key_id'),