diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 0790163..912deb7 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ steps:
     wget https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-1.6/jq-linux64 -qO /bin/jq
     chmod +x /bin/jq
   - |
-    /bin/jq '.auths["https://index.docker.io/v1/"].auth="'"$(echo $DOCKER_USERNAME':'$DOCKER_PASSWORD | base64)"'"' --null-input > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
+    /bin/jq '.auths["https://index.docker.io/v1/"].auth="'"$(echo -n $DOCKER_USERNAME':'$DOCKER_PASSWORD | base64)"'"' --null-input > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
     cat /kaniko/.docker/config.json
   - |
     /kaniko/executor \