diff --git a/.github/workflows/hex.yaml b/.github/workflows/hex.yaml
index 0f3b2bc..0f5d294 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hex.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hex.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ jobs:
            apk --no-cache add gcc git libc-dev libc-utils libgcc linux-headers make bash \
                               musl-dev musl-utils ncurses-dev pcre2 pkgconf scanelf wget zlib
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: work around for permission issue
+      run: |
+           git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/pfcplib/pfcplib
     - name: Publish to Hex.pm
       env:
         HEX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.HEX_API_KEY }}