diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ce9bc67..5a20b61 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ validate-authentik:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
   before_script:
     - wget https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/download/v1.7.2/tofu_1.7.2_amd64.apk -O /tmp/tofu_1.7.2_amd64.apk
     - apk add --allow-untrusted '/tmp/tofu_1.7.2_amd64.apk'
+    - mkdir -pv "${HOME}/.kube/"
     - echo "${KUBECONFIG_BASE64}" | base64 -d > ${KUBE_CONFIG_PATH}
   script:
     - cd authentik/