diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d9f2fef..8633e56 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ deploy:
       # Validate the Caddyfile
       caddy validate --config "${CADDYFILE_DIR}/Caddyfile"
 
-    # Step 8: Reload Caddy service
-    - touch ~/reload_caddy  # Assuming a trigger file is used to reload Caddy
+    # Step 8: Reload Caddy service, gitlab-runner is in sudoers.
+    # gitlab-runner ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/systemctl * caddy.service
+    - sudo /bin/systemctl restart caddy.service
 
     # Deployment completed
     - echo "Deployment completed successfully."