diff --git a/.github/workflows/spark-integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/spark-integration-tests.yml
index 36b084b37..e953fcbfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spark-integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spark-integration-tests.yml
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ jobs:
           ls -la
         fi
 
+    - name: Prepare SeaweedFS binary
+      run: |
+        echo "Making SeaweedFS binary executable..."
+        chmod +x docker/weed
+        ls -la docker/weed
+        echo "✓ Binary is ready"
+
     - name: Start SeaweedFS services
       working-directory: test/java/spark
       run: |
@@ -244,6 +251,13 @@ jobs:
           ls -la
         fi
 
+    - name: Prepare SeaweedFS binary
+      run: |
+        echo "Making SeaweedFS binary executable..."
+        chmod +x docker/weed
+        ls -la docker/weed
+        echo "✓ Binary is ready"
+
     - name: Cache Apache Spark
       id: cache-spark
       uses: actions/cache@v4