diff --git a/deploy/gk-deploy b/deploy/gk-deploy
index 8cf5b40e..7f91c4a3 100755
--- a/deploy/gk-deploy
+++ b/deploy/gk-deploy
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ if [[ "${EXECUTOR}" == "ssh" ]]; then
     fi
     # shellcheck disable=SC2029
     # I want this parsed client-side
-    ssh "${SSH_USER}@${node}" -q -i "${SSH_KEYFILE}" -C "${sudocmd}gluster volume status" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    ssh "${SSH_USER}@${node}" -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q -i "${SSH_KEYFILE}" -C "${sudocmd}gluster volume status" >/dev/null 2>&1
     if [[ ${?} -ne 0 ]]; then
       output "Can't access glusterd on '${node}'"
       exit 1