diff --git a/phase/upload_binaries.go b/phase/upload_binaries.go
index a6dfbf25..73d58304 100644
--- a/phase/upload_binaries.go
+++ b/phase/upload_binaries.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (p *UploadBinaries) uploadBinary(h *cluster.Host) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := h.Configurer.Chmod(h, h.Configurer.K0sBinaryPath(), "0700"); err != nil {
+	if err := h.Configurer.Chmod(h, h.Configurer.K0sBinaryPath(), "0700", exec.Sudo(h)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}