diff --git a/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy b/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
index ec058ce..7c7f492 100644
--- a/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
+++ b/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         try {
             stage("promote") {
                 // promote is restricted to users in aptly-promote-users LDAP group
-                if(jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroups(["mcp-cicd-admins", "release-engineering"])){
+                if(jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroups(["mcp-cicd-admins", "release-engineering", "opencontrail-all"])){
                   lock("aptly-api") {
                       for (storage in storages) {
                           if (storage == "local") {