diff --git a/qa/qa/runtime/user.rb b/qa/qa/runtime/user.rb
index a01f9c08ea07313ffcc19e657f8083e542958cba..7bd50023561aca34c808371468d1ae8eddd71a5c 100644
--- a/qa/qa/runtime/user.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/runtime/user.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ module QA
       end
 
       def ssh_key
-        'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDFf6RYK3qu/RKF/3ndJmL5xgMLp3O9' \
-        '6x8lTay+QGZ0+9FnnAXMdUqBq/ZU6d/gyMB4IaW3nHzM1w049++yAB6UPCzMB8Uo27K5' \
-        '/jyZCtj7Vm9PFNjF/8am1kp46c/SeYicQgQaSBdzIW3UDEa1Ef68qroOlvpi9PYZ/tA7' \
-        'M0YP0K5PXX+E36zaIRnJVMPT3f2k+GnrxtjafZrwFdpOP/Fol5BQLBgcsyiU+LM1SuaC' \
-        'rzd8c9vyaTA1CxrkxaZh+buAi0PmdDtaDrHd42gqZkXCKavyvgM5o2CkQ5LJHCgzpXy0' \
-        '5qNFzmThBSkb+XtoxbyagBiGbVZtSVow6Xa7qewz= dummy@gitlab.com'
+        <<~KEY.tr("\n", '')
+        ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDFf6RYK3qu/RKF/3ndJmL5xgMLp3O9
+        6x8lTay+QGZ0+9FnnAXMdUqBq/ZU6d/gyMB4IaW3nHzM1w049++yAB6UPCzMB8Uo27K5
+        /jyZCtj7Vm9PFNjF/8am1kp46c/SeYicQgQaSBdzIW3UDEa1Ef68qroOlvpi9PYZ/tA7
+        M0YP0K5PXX+E36zaIRnJVMPT3f2k+GnrxtjafZrwFdpOP/Fol5BQLBgcsyiU+LM1SuaC
+        rzd8c9vyaTA1CxrkxaZh+buAi0PmdDtaDrHd42gqZkXCKavyvgM5o2CkQ5LJHCgzpXy0
+        5qNFzmThBSkb+XtoxbyagBiGbVZtSVow6Xa7qewz= dummy@gitlab.com
+        KEY
       end
     end
   end