diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/build.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/build.sh
index 831e7684606e..d3cf3171599a 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/build.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ fi
 # The docs build can use the ssh agent's authentication socket
 # but can't use ssh keys directly so we start an ssh-agent.
 
+# Temporary workaround until we can move to HTTPS auth
+vault read -field=private-key secret/ci/elastic-docs/elasticmachine-ssh-key > "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"
+vault read -field=public-key secret/ci/elastic-docs/elasticmachine-ssh-key > "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
+ssh-keyscan github.com >> "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
+chmod 600 "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"
+
 ssh-agent bash -c "
   ssh-add &&
   ./build_docs --all \
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/build_pr.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/build_pr.sh
index 39cdd321c338..3aa9159e5bae 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/build_pr.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/build_pr.sh
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ build_cmd="./build_docs --all \
 echo "The following build command will be used"
 echo $build_cmd
 
+# Temporary workaround until we can move to HTTPS auth
+vault read -field=private-key secret/ci/elastic-docs/elasticmachine-ssh-key > "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"
+vault read -field=public-key secret/ci/elastic-docs/elasticmachine-ssh-key > "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
+ssh-keyscan github.com >> "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
+chmod 600 "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"
+
 # Kick off the build
 ssh-agent bash -c "ssh-add && $build_cmd"
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/clean_preview_branches.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/clean_preview_branches.sh
index 0255e2dc981f..aa41997a8a24 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/clean_preview_branches.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/clean_preview_branches.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ set -eo pipefail
 export REPO=git@github.com:elastic/built-docs.git
 export IMAGE=docker.elastic.co/docs/build:latest
 
+# Temporary workaround until we can move to HTTPS auth
+vault read -field=private-key secret/ci/elastic-docs/elasticmachine-ssh-key > "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"
+vault read -field=public-key secret/ci/elastic-docs/elasticmachine-ssh-key > "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
+ssh-keyscan github.com >> "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
+chmod 600 "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"
+
 ./build_docs --docker-build build
 ssh-agent bash -c '
     ssh-add &&