diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 077ed6a..7e6d162 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
 
+      - name: Make version_env.sh executable
+        run: chmod +x ./.gitea/workflows/version_env.sh
+
       - name: Set version tags from Dockerfile
         # Reads version from Dockerfile and sets MAJOR, MAJOR_MINOR, VERSION
         run: ./.gitea/workflows/version_env.sh