diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 266e076..a0a09f0 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ steps:
       - yq -i "del(.status)"  /tmp/appset.yaml
       - yq -i "del(.spec.generators[].list.elements[] | select(.branch == \"$ARGO_APP_BRANCH\"))" /tmp/appset.yaml
       - yq -i "del(.spec.generators[].list.elements[] | select(.commit_sha == \"$ARGO_APP_IMAGE_TAG\"))" /tmp/appset.yaml
-      - yq '. *= load("./kube/applicationset.yaml")' /tmp/appset.yaml
+      - yq -i '. *= load("./kube/applicationset.yaml")' /tmp/appset.yaml
       - envsubst  < ./kube/main.yaml > /tmp/elements.yaml
       - yq -i '.spec.generators[].list.elements += load("/tmp/elements.yaml")' /tmp/appset.yaml
       - kubectl apply -f /tmp/appset.yaml