diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index 00fb320a0cb..d44721d9d3d 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -2115,6 +2115,14 @@ def parallelDeploymentOcisServer():
     }
 
     return [
+        {
+            "name": "ocis-data-dir-permissions",
+            "image": OC_CI_ALPINE,
+            "commands": [
+                "mkdir ./ocis-data",
+                "chmod 777 ./ocis-data",  # make writable for 33:33
+            ],
+        },
         {
             "name": "ocis",
             "image": OC_CI_ALPINE,