diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 42addc9c581ee59e60d029eaa8f8669db6d114dc..493d68dc4b48e25f105f5264a5526f082575e93a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ allprojects {
   project.version = '3.3.0-SNAPSHOT'
   project.ext.isSnapshot = project.version.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")
 
-  ext."signing.secretKeyRingFile" = file("secring.gpg").absolutePath
+  ext."signing.secretKeyRingFile" = rootProject.file("secring.gpg").absolutePath
 }
 
 wrapper {