diff --git a/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy b/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
index 1d12d97..b9545a7 100644
--- a/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
+++ b/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 timeout(time: 12, unit: 'HOURS') {
     node("docker&&hardware") {
         try {
-            if ("testing" in TARGET && !jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroup(["release-engineering", "aptly-promote-users"])) {
+
+            if (("testing" in TARGET || "proposed" in TARGET) && !jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroup(["release-engineering", "aptly-promote-users"])) {
                 insufficientPermissions = true
                 throw new Exception("Only release-engineering or aptly-promote-users can perform promote to testing.")
             } else if (!jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroup(["release-engineering"])) {