diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 971e6542..4d554f2b 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ steps:
         from_secret: kubeconfig_data
     commands:
       - mkdir -p ~/.kube
-      - echo "$KUBECONFIG_CONTENT" | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config
+      - printf '%s' "$KUBECONFIG_CONTENT" > ~/.kube/config
       - chmod 600 ~/.kube/config
       - kubectl set image deployment/scraper scraper=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/backend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
       - kubectl rollout status deployment/scraper -n cannaiq --timeout=300s