diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-push-keys b/tools/test/bin/onos-push-keys
index 1eb1eec..55ee2ee 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-push-keys
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-push-keys
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 scp -q ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub $remote:/tmp
 ssh $remote "
     mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+    chmod 700 ~/.ssh
     cat /tmp/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
     sort -u ~/.ssh/authorized_keys > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.bak
     mv ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.bak ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+    chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
 "
 ssh -n -o PasswordAuthentication=no $remote true