diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/monitor-gating/templates/deploymentconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/monitor-gating/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
index 73258db619..964cb6ecb0 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/monitor-gating/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/monitor-gating/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ spec:
           readOnly: true
         - name: monitor-gating-ssh-volume
           mountPath: /.ssh/
+          readOnly: false
       volumes:
        - name: monitor-gating-secret-volume
          secret: