diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm b/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
index f2fb308a..61dcc228 100755
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0)
 VERSION=`../mkversion --tilde` || exit 1
 sed -e "s/#VERSION#/$VERSION/" confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl > confluent_osdeploy.spec
-cd ..
 cp ../LICENSE .
+cd ..
 tar Jcvf confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz confluent_osdeploy
 mv confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
 cd -
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm-aarch64 b/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm-aarch64
index 872bc8e1..62ded8cb 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm-aarch64
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm-aarch64
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0)
 VERSION=`../mkversion --tilde` || exit 1
 sed -e "s/#VERSION#/$VERSION/" confluent_osdeploy-aarch64.spec.tmpl > confluent_osdeploy-aarch64.spec
-cd ..
 cp ../LICENSE .
+cd ..
 tar Jcvf confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz confluent_osdeploy
 mv confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
 cd -