diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b73369e..63f959b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ deploy_application:
     - bundle install --path=./vendor
     - eval $(ssh-agent)
     - echo -e "-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----\n$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY\n-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----" | ssh-add -
+    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+    - echo -e "Host *\nVerifyHostKeyDNS yes" > ~/.ssh/config
     - echo "$RAILS_MASTER_KEY" > config/master.key
     - bundle exec cap production deploy
     - rm -f config/master.key
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 1bf3e2e..a00a269 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set :bundle_flags, '--deployment'
 set :bundle_jobs, 1
 set :bundle_env_variables, nokogiri_use_system_libraries: 1
 set :keep_releases, 2
-set :ssh_options, verify_host_key_dns: true, check_host_ip: true
+set :ssh_options, check_host_ip: true
 
 set :default_env,
     rails_env: 'production',