diff --git a/tasks/compile_callas_binaries.yml b/tasks/compile_callas_binaries.yml
index fe921df57016c5c15ed77e76724b4eac9e6801e7..112706c2284797cfe72aecc9fca86a0d6fbb03f3 100644
--- a/tasks/compile_callas_binaries.yml
+++ b/tasks/compile_callas_binaries.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     dest: "/opt/pdfa_webservice/"
     depth: 1
     key_file: "/tmp/id_ed25519_deploykey"
+    ssh_opts: "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new"
 #   delegate_to: 127.0.0.1
 
 # - name: copy PDF/A-Webservice Git repo to managed host