diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/HostingerController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/HostingerController.php
index 84017e7ded..af4173e39d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/HostingerController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/HostingerController.php
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class HostingerController extends Controller
         responses: [
             new OA\Response(response: 201, description: 'Hostinger VPS purchased and linked to a Coolify server.'),
             new OA\Response(response: 401, ref: '#/components/responses/401'),
+            new OA\Response(response: 403, description: 'The token needs the deploy ability to set post_install_script_id or public_key_ids.'),
             new OA\Response(response: 422, description: 'Validation failed.'),
             new OA\Response(response: 429, description: 'Hostinger rate limit exceeded.'),
         ]
@@ -182,6 +183,10 @@ class HostingerController extends Controller
             ], 422);
         }
 
+        if ($request->filled('post_install_script_id') || $request->array('public_key_ids')) {
+            abort_unless($request->user()->tokenCan('deploy') || $request->user()->tokenCan('root'), 403, 'Missing required permissions: deploy');
+        }
+
         $team = Team::find($teamId);
         if (Team::serverLimitReached($team)) {
             return response()->json(['message' => 'Server limit reached for your subscription.'], 400);
diff --git a/openapi.json b/openapi.json
index 805871904f..70c4ec8c47 100644
--- a/openapi.json
+++ b/openapi.json
@@ -13108,6 +13108,9 @@
                     "401": {
                         "$ref": "#\/components\/responses\/401"
                     },
+                    "403": {
+                        "description": "The token needs the deploy ability to set post_install_script_id or public_key_ids."
+                    },
                     "422": {
                         "description": "Validation failed."
                     },
diff --git a/openapi.yaml b/openapi.yaml
index c4975a0564..7d82b2ef23 100644
--- a/openapi.yaml
+++ b/openapi.yaml
@@ -8402,6 +8402,8 @@ paths:
           description: 'Hostinger VPS purchased and linked to a Coolify server.'
         '401':
           $ref: '#/components/responses/401'
+        '403':
+          description: 'The token needs the deploy ability to set post_install_script_id or public_key_ids.'
         '422':
           description: 'Validation failed.'
         '429':
diff --git a/tests/Feature/HostingerApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/HostingerApiTest.php
index bdb5c309e4..08454fb5a9 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/HostingerApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/HostingerApiTest.php
@@ -192,6 +192,57 @@ it('turns paid Hostinger backups off when the API request does not enable them',
         && $request['setup']['enable_backups'] === false);
 });
 
+it('requires the deploy ability to run a post-install script or add SSH keys on a Hostinger VPS', function (array $extra) {
+    Http::fake();
+    $writeToken = $this->user->createToken('write-token', ['read', 'write'])->plainTextToken;
+
+    $this->withToken($writeToken)
+        ->postJson('/api/v1/servers/hostinger', [
+            'cloud_provider_token_uuid' => $this->hostingerToken->uuid,
+            'item_id' => 'hostingercom-vps-kvm1-usd-1m',
+            'data_center_id' => 19,
+            'template_id' => 1130,
+            'private_key_uuid' => $this->privateKey->uuid,
+            ...$extra,
+        ])
+        ->assertForbidden()
+        ->assertJsonFragment(['message' => 'Missing required permissions: deploy']);
+
+    Http::assertNothingSent();
+    $this->assertDatabaseMissing('servers', ['team_id' => $this->team->id]);
+})->with([
+    'post-install script' => [['post_install_script_id' => 73]],
+    'extra SSH keys' => [['public_key_ids' => [42]]],
+]);
+
+it('lets a deploy token run a post-install script on a Hostinger VPS', function () {
+    Http::fake([
+        'https://developers.hostinger.com/api/vps/v1/virtual-machines' => Http::response([
+            'virtual_machine' => [
+                'id' => 17923,
+                'state' => 'creating',
+                'ipv4' => [['address' => '203.0.113.10']],
+            ],
+        ]),
+    ]);
+    $deployToken = $this->user->createToken('deploy-token', ['read', 'write', 'deploy'])->plainTextToken;
+
+    $this->withToken($deployToken)
+        ->postJson('/api/v1/servers/hostinger', [
+            'cloud_provider_token_uuid' => $this->hostingerToken->uuid,
+            'item_id' => 'hostingercom-vps-kvm1-usd-1m',
+            'data_center_id' => 19,
+            'template_id' => 1130,
+            'private_key_uuid' => $this->privateKey->uuid,
+            'post_install_script_id' => 73,
+        ])
+        ->assertCreated();
+
+    Http::assertSent(fn ($request) => $request->method() === 'POST'
+        && $request->url() === 'https://developers.hostinger.com/api/vps/v1/virtual-machines'
+        && $request['setup']['post_install_script_id'] === 73);
+});
+
 it('keeps a charged Hostinger VPS when the purchase returns an error through the API', function () {
     $listRequests = 0;
     Http::fake([