diff --git a/src/stactools/core/io/__init__.py b/src/stactools/core/io/__init__.py
index f9f50d3b..b9eb6cdd 100644
--- a/src/stactools/core/io/__init__.py
+++ b/src/stactools/core/io/__init__.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def write_text_to_href(self, href: str, txt: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
             txt (str): The text to write.
             **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments to be passed to fsspec.open.
         """
-        with fsspec.open(href, "w", **kwargs) as destination:
+        with fsspec.open(href, "w", auto_mkdir=True, **kwargs) as destination:
             destination.write(txt)